Asian American Community Study: Individual and Household Characteristics
Houston’s Asian community is highly diverse, predominantly foreign-born and generally well-educated.
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A portrait of Asian American experiences and attitudes
The Asian American Community Study is a multiyear, multilingual effort focusing on Asian American communities, among the Houston region’s fastest-growing ethnic groups. From 1980 to 2023, the share of Asian residents grew from 1.8% to 9.9%. Today, over 655,000 people make up this diverse, culturally vibrant population, whose voices will play an increasingly important role in shaping the region’s future.
This ongoing study expands on Stephen L. Klineberg’s earlier work with a more robust sample size and geographical reach:
- 2,100 survey respondents (Nov. 2024-Feb. 2025)
- 4 counties represented: Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery and Brazoria
- 7 most populous ethnicities: Asian Indian, Chinese/Taiwanese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Pakistani and Vietnamese
Support for this community project is made possible by a generous donation from Anne and Albert Chao through the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation.
Contacts
Daniel Potter
Director, Houston Population
Research Center, Surveys
Kese Smith
Associate Director of
Public Relations
Rose Rougeau
Executive Director, External Affairs
rose.rougeau@rice.edu
Research
Asian American Community Study: Political and Social Attitudes
Asian communities tend to be ideologically moderate, with political identities evenly split and shaped by ethnic and generational differences.
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Asian American Community Study: Experiences with Discrimination
In the Houston area, about 4 in 10 Asian residents reported experiencing discrimination in the past year.
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Asian American Community Study: Creating Identity
Majorities of Asian residents align on what matters most to their identity: family, gender, ethnicity and “being American.”
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Physical Address
Rice University
Kraft Hall
6100 Main Street, Suite 305
Houston, TX 77005-1892