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What is an APA?
OMB and Census Definitions
From the Office of Management and Budget/Census Bureau
APA is an abbreviation for "Asian-Pacific Americans," a general term
referring to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders following a
definition of race and national origin by the Office of Management and
Budget. The following classifications were used in the 1990 Census; data
for race represent self-classification by people according to the race
with which they most closely identify and does not denote any clear-cut
scientific definition of "biological stock."
The methodology used by the Census Bureau during the 1990 census is
given below. Specifically, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the
1990 census include:
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Asian |
Pacific Islander |
| Bangladeshi |
Carolinian |
| Bhutanese |
Fijian |
| Borneo |
Guamanian |
| Burmese |
Hawaiian |
| Cambodian |
Kosraean |
| Celebesian |
Melanesian (3) |
| Ceram |
Micronesian (3) |
| Chinese |
Northern Mariana
Islander |
| Filipino |
Other Pacific Islander
(1) |
| Hmong |
Pacific Islander, not
specified |
| Indian |
Palauan |
| Indochinese |
Papua New Guinean |
| Indonesian |
Polynesian (3) |
| Iwo-Jiman |
Ponapean (Pohnpeian) |
| Japanese |
Samoan |
| Javanese |
Solomon Islander |
| Korean |
Tahitian |
| Laotian |
Tarawa Islander |
| Malayan |
Tokelauan |
| Maldivian |
Tongan |
| Nepali |
Trukese (Chuukese) |
| Okinawan |
Yapese |
| Other Asian (1) |
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| Pakistani |
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| Sikkim |
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| Singaporean |
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| Sri Lankan |
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| Sumatran |
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| Thai |
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| Vietnamese |
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| Asian, not specified
(2) |
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1) In some data products, specific groups listed under "Other Asian"
or "Other Pacific Islander" are shown separately. Groups not shown are
tabulated as "All other Asian" or "All other Pacific Islander".
2) Includes entries such as Asian American, Asian, Asiatic, Amerasian,
and Eurasian.
3) Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian are Pacific Islander
cultural groups.
Source: Office of Management and Budget/Census Bureau |
