Asian

Variable Details

Variable	Value	Description
Asian		Persons with origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent	RAC1P = 6
Asian	Chinese	People who indicate their race as “Chinese” or who identify themselves as Cantonese or Chinese American	RAC2P05 = 43 or RAC2P12 = 43 or RAC2P12 = 44
Asian	Japanese	People who indicate their race as “Japanese” or who report entries such as Nipponese or Japanese American	RAC2P05 = 47 or RAC2P12 = 48
Asian	Filipino	People who indicate their race as “Filipino” or who report entries such as Philipino, Philipine, or Filipino American	RAC2P05 = 44 or RAC2P12
Asian	Korean	People who indicate their race as “Korean” or who provide a response of Korean American	RAC2P05 = 48 or RAC2P12 = 49
Asian	Indian	People who indicate their race as “Asian Indian” or identified themselves as Bengalese, Bharat, Dravidian, East Indian, or Goanese.	RAC2P05 = 40 or RAC2P12 = 38
Asian	Vietnamese	People who indicate their race as “Vietnamese” or who provide a response of Vietnamese American.	RAC2P05 = 54 or RAC2P12 = 57 then Asian = 6
Asian	Other	People who provide a write-in response of an Asian group, such as Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Burmese, Indochinese, Indonesian, Iwo Jiman, Madagascar, Malaysian, Maldivian, Nepalese, Okinawan, Pakistani, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, or Other Asian, not specified	Asian = 7