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According to US census bureau report on “The Foreign-born Population In The United States: 2003” (August 2004), Asians make up a quarter of the 33.5 million foreign-born, who in turn make up 11.7 per cent of the total 288.4 million population in USA.
The report showed that 87.4 per cent of Asians in the US had a “high school or more” qualification, compared with 84.9 per cent among those from Europe and 49.1 per cent from Latin America. Proportion of foreign-born workers in management and professional occupations was the highest among those from Asia — 47 per cent — compared with 41.3 per cent from Europe and 12.7 per cent from Latin America.
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