DiversityInc
Asian American and Pacific Islander
Heritage Month
MEETING IN A BOX
Facts & Figures
Asian Fortune 500 CEOs
Ajay Banga,
MasterCard Worldwide
(No. 6 in the 2014
DiversityInc Top 50)
POPULATION
U.S. POPULATION
LARGEST ETHNIC POPULATIONS
Chinese
3.6 million
Indian
16.5 million
(5.2% of total)
2013
3.2 million
Filipino
2.7 million
Vietnamese
40.2 million
(9.6% of total)
2060*
1.7 million
Korean
*Projected
Omar Ishrak, Medtronic
(No. 41 in the 2014
DiversityInc Top 50)
Satya Nadella, Microsoft
Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo
Ajay Banga
Richard Hamada, Avnet
1.4 million
Japanese
For All Employees
Kevin M. Murai, Synnex
794,000
Francisco D’Souza,
Cognizant Technology
Solutions
BUSINESS
Ravi Saligram, OfficeMax
12%
11%
DiversityInc Top 50
10.6%
9.9%
10%
Sanjay Mehrotra, SanDisk
Omar Ishrak
U.S.
9%
8%
7%
5.9%
6%
5.7%
5.5%
4.6%
5%
4%
FINANCES
4.8%
2.6%
3%
2%
MEDIAN INCOME
Asian
$72,472
White
$57,684
U.S.
Latino
Black
$52,250
$41,508
$34,815
1%
0%
Asians in Workforce
Asians in
Management
Asians in
Senior Management
Asians on Boards
of Directors
EDUCATION
25 and Older Who Have Completed High School
ASIAN BUYING POWER
Asians/Pacific Islanders
86.2%
U.S.
86.6%
25 and Older With at Least Bachelor’s Degree
Asians/Pacific Islanders
50.3%
U.S.
29.6%
25 and Older With Graduate Degrees
Asians/Pacific Islanders
U.S.
21.1%
11.2%
2019*
$1.0 trillion
2014
2010
$769.5 billion
$615.5 billion
2000
$274.9 billion
*Projected
PROJECTED % CHANGE IN BUYING POWER 2014–2019
Latino
Asian
32.1%
31.5%
Black
White
23.4%
20.0%
Sources: DiversityInc, Alliance for Board Diversity, Fortune, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Selig Center for
Economic Growth, U.S. Census Bureau
© 2015 DiversityInc
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