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Organization of Chinese Americans

http://www.aast.umd.edu/ocaportrait.html
OCA/AAST — A Portrait of Chinese Americans

OCA and the Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland through a unique national nonprofit-academic partnership, proudly present A Portrait of Chinese Americans. The Portrait provides a 64-page, full color portrayal and analyzes the latest statistics, charts, tables, and maps about the diversity of Chinese Americans. The top eight Chinese American metropolitan areas have profiles that include voices from these communities, maps showing Chinese American concentrations from 1970 to 2000, and future projections of Asian Americans in year 2012.

Following the national analysis is a presentation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concentration maps for the top eight communities of Chinese Americans in video format. Each of these areas are highlighted by the inclusion of spatial GIS concentration maps of the percentage and count of Chinese Americans from 1970 through 2000, as well as a map projection of the distribution of Asian Americans in 2012.

A Snapshot of "A Portrait of Chinese Americans" acquaints the reader with the key findings of A Portrait of Chinese Americans and includes information on population, residential patterns, employment, income and poverty, education, multiethnicity and multiraciality, and naturalization of Chinese Americans.

The GIS concentration maps are created using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 Decennial Census, and they capture the latest trend in the changing demography and social composition of the eight largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) where Chinese Americans reside.

　　中新网11月14日电　据美国《世界日报》报道，一项针对在美华人的最新研究报告指出，当前华人小区极为多元化，不但背景有差异，华人小区也有贫富两极化的情形，以及存在就业后收入与当初花大钱上名校的投资报酬不成比例等现象。

　　“美华协会”与马里兰大学亚美研究所当地时间11月12日在华盛顿公布迄今针对在美华人最详尽的社会现状调查报告：“美华画像” (A Portrait of Chinese Americans)。

　　不能视为单一群体

　　获得美国联邦拨款的马里兰大学亚美研究所在美华协会支持下，根据截至2006年的人口普查局的最新广泛资料，以及独立访谈进行研究，对背景包罗万象的华人提供最广泛和最新的素描。

　　主持这项调查的马大教授品川(Larry H.Shinagawa)说：“这项研究显示华人进入美国主流生活的进展，以及他们面对的挑战。这项研究也确实显示不能再把所有华人视为单一群体。这个人口群的不同群体有非常不同的需求，不能采取‘一体适用’的做法。我们希望体认这种多元差别有助于引导决策人员，使他们的决定能够为所有华人和亚裔改善生活。”

　　教育投资回馈偏低

　　“美华画像”报告说，华人对教育的投资回报，通常低于一般美国人和非西班牙语裔的白人，从事法律和医药业的华人，平均所得比白人同业甚至要少44%。“与一般想法正好相反，美国华人尽管教育成就很高，可是他们追求经济成功经常面对额外障碍”。

　　报告指出，虽然华人的收入相对高于一般美国人，但华人小区贫穷率也高达9.4%，稍低于全美贫穷率的9.8%。在亚裔中是低于韩裔(11.7%)的第二高，多集中在老年人家庭与单亲母亲家庭。