Portal:Asian Americans

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Template:/box-header Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes people who indicated their race(s) as "Asian" or reported entries such as "Asian Indian," "Chinese," "Filipino," "Korean," "Japanese," "Vietnamese," and "Other Asian" or provided other detailed Asian responses". They comprise 4.8% of the U.S. population alone, while people who are Asian combined with at least one other race make up 5.6%. Template:/box-footer Asian Americans have fought on behalf of the United States since the War of 1812 until today. Due to the small population of Asian Americans in the 19th Century their contributions were not heavily recorded. In the 20th Century as the population of Asian Americans have increased contributions and documentation of their contributions have increased in kind. File:Ansel Adams, Portrait of Tom Kobayashi at Manzanar, 1943.jpg Portrait of internee Tom Kobayashi at Manzanar War Relocation Center, Owens Valley, California, 1943. More anniversaries... Vang Pao (Hmong: Vaj Pov; December 8, 1929 – January 6, 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army. He was an ethnic Hmong and a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. Select [+] to view subcategories ▼ American people of Asian descent ► American people of Asian descent by occupation ► American people of Central Asian descent ► American people of East Asian descent ► American people of Russian descent ► American people of South Asian descent ► American people of Southeast Asian descent ► American people of Southwest Asian descent 85px You are invited to participate in WikiProject Asian Americans, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about Asian Americans. Add more to this portal Portal:United States Portal:Asia United States Asia What are portals? List of portals Featured portals