Volume 4: No. 2, April 2007
REVIEW
Filipino Child Health in the United States: Do Health and Health Care Disparities Exist?
| Racial or Ethnic Group |
Percentage US Population |
| Non-Hispanic White |
65% |
| Hispanic |
16% |
| Black |
14% |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
1% |
Figure 1. Percentage of U.S. children (Ages 0-18) by racial
or ethnic group, 2000. All categories include those of mixed race and mixed ethnicity (7). Calculated by Joyce R. Javier from U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000 Summary File 2 (SF 2) 100-Percent Data files.
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| Asian Subgroup |
Percentage |
| Chinese |
21% |
| Filipino |
21% |
| Asian Indian |
15% |
| Korean |
11% |
| Vietnamese |
11% |
| Japanese |
9% |
| Other Asian |
12% |
Figure 2. U.S. Asian children (Ages 0-18) by subgroup, 2000. All categories include those of mixed race and mixed ethnicity (7). Calculated by Joyce R. Javier from U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000 Summary File 2 (SF 2) 100-Percent Data files.
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