Thursday, July 29, 2004

Race - Asian

The most Asian county in the United States is Honolulu County, Hawaii. Of it's 896,019 inhabitants, 430,739 are Asian. No counties have a majority Asian population. Nationwide, there are 11.5 million such persons, representing 4% of the nation's population.

I should make a note here. 2000 population is based upon the census. The race estimates are based upon census projections for July of 2002, which is the most recent estimate available. This explains how 1 county categories have a discrepancy between average population and total population.

40-50% Asian 1 county; average Bush margin (-15.9%); average 2004 unemployment (2.6%); average 2000 unemployment (3.5%); average population, 2000 (876,156); total population (896,019); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (27.5%)

30-40% Asian 1 county; average Bush margin (-64.9%); average 2004 unemployment (5.4%); average 2000 unemployment (2.7%); average population, 2000 (776,733); total population (764,049); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (37.7%)

20-30% Asian 7 counties; average Bush margin (-20.7%); average 2004 unemployment (6.4%); average 2000 unemployment (4.3%); average population, 2000 (888,29); total population (6,259,871); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (30.4%)

10-20% Asian 19 counties; average Bush margin (-12.8%); average 2004 unemployment (5.7%); average 2000 unemployment (4.8%); average population, 2000 (1,353,868); total population (26,500,838); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (34.3%)

0-10% Black 3112 counties; average Bush margin (+18.0%); average 2004 unemployment (5.1%); average 2000 unemployment (4.7%); average population, 2000 (80,351); total population (256,144,789); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (38.6%)

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