Understanding How Asian Americans Feel About Living in the United States

There are 24 million Asian Americans who call the United States home, and 54% of them are immigrants. Among the immigrant Asian Americans, 67% are adults. This data from the Pew Research Center shows that out of all of the significant racial or ethnic groups living in the U.S., Asian Americans are the only group that is majority immigrant.

Asian Americans who have traveled to the U.S. come from many different countries. However, the three main countries from which most Asian Americans originate are India, China, and the Philippines.

The analysis of Asian Americans done by the Pew Research Center showed that they overwhelmingly are happy with their lives in the U.S. In fact, 74% say they have no regrets and would do it all over again if they could. However, there is a large consensus among Asian Americans that the U.S. immigration system needs an overhaul, and significant changes are necessary.

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Top Findings About How Asian Americans View Their Life in the United States

As high as 77% of Asian Americans say that they have a much better standard of living than their parents had in their home countries. At the same time, 67% say that living in the United States is better in terms of freedom of expression and speech. And, 66% agree that the U.S. is a much better place to raise their children than their home countries. On the other hand, Asian Americans tend to view their home countries as better regarding strong family ties and values.

There are several reasons why Asian Americans decided to leave their home countries and come to live in the U.S. The top reasons that were cited are:

• 28% indicated they came to the U.S. to be with family
• 27% indicated they came to the U.S. to take advantage of economic opportunities
• 26% indicated they came to the U.S. to take advantage of educational opportunities
• 7% indicated they came to the U.S. to escape conflict or fled from harm and persecution that they were subjected to in their home countries

Living in the United States and adjusting to the country posed challenges for Asian Americans—primarily the language barrier. However, almost all of the Asian immigrants that were analyzed, 91%, knew this would be something they would have to deal with. Asian immigrants recognized that learning how to speak English was critical to their success here. As a result, 64% learned the language before they came to the country.

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Asian Americans come from diverse origins, and while they face some of the same challenges that other immigrants encounter when coming to the U.S., they are generally happy with their decision to make America their home.

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Source:

pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2024/10/09/why-asian-immigrants-come-to-the-u-s-and-how-they-view-life-here/