Editing Asian Americans (section)

===Social and economic disparities===
In 2015, Asian American earnings were found to exceed all other racial groups when all Asian ethnic groups are grouped as a whole.<ref name="Pew Research Center">{{cite web|last1=Patten|first1=Eileen|title=Racial, gender wage gaps persist in U.S. despite some progress|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/01/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress/|website=Pew Research Center|date=July 2016 |access-date=July 2, 2016|archive-date=July 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703004236/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/01/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress/|url-status=live}}</ref> Yet, a 2014 report from the Census Bureau reported that 12% of Asian Americans were living below the poverty line, while 10.1% of [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic White Americans]] live below the poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p60-252.pdf |title=Income and Poverty in the United States : 2014 |website=Census.gov |access-date=2017-02-27 |archive-date=July 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713104556/http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p60-252.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NPRAsianPoor" >{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=185534666|title=Asian-Americans: Smart, High-Incomes And ... Poor?|website=NPR|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120091214/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=185534666|url-status=live}}<br />https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2017/cb17-ff07.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603193312/https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2017/cb17-ff07.html |date=June 3, 2018 }}</ref> A 2017 study of [[Wealth inequality in the United States|wealth inequality]] within Asian Americans found a greater gap between wealthy and non-wealthy Asian Americans compared to non-Hispanic white Americans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2016/12/20/295359/wealth-inequality-among-asian-americans-greater-than-among-whites/|title=Wealth Inequality Among Asian Americans Greater Than Among Whites – Center for American Progress|website=americanprogress.org|date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=January 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035904/https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2016/12/20/295359/wealth-inequality-among-asian-americans-greater-than-among-whites/|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2016/12/20/295448/release-wealth-inequality-among-asian-americans-greater-than-among-whites-finds-new-cap-report-based-on-analysis-of-exclusive-data/|title=RELEASE: Wealth Inequality Among Asian Americans Greater Than Among Whites, Finds New CAP Report Based on Analysis of Exclusive Data – Center for American Progress|website=americanprogress.org|date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121121512/https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2016/12/20/295448/release-wealth-inequality-among-asian-americans-greater-than-among-whites-finds-new-cap-report-based-on-analysis-of-exclusive-data/|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/20/why-asian-americans-arent-as-rich-as-they-seem/|title=The staggering difference between rich Asian Americans and poor Asian Americans|first=Jeff|last=Guo|date=December 20, 2016|access-date=November 22, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042249/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/20/why-asian-americans-arent-as-rich-as-they-seem/|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cap-asian-americans-wealth-gap_us_586bd460e4b0d9a5945c91a7|title=Huge Asian-American Wealth Gap Pretty Much Invalidates 'Model Minority' Concept|first=Kimberly|last=Yam|date=January 4, 2017|access-date=November 22, 2017|via=Huff Post|archive-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121234639/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cap-asian-americans-wealth-gap_us_586bd460e4b0d9a5945c91a7|url-status=live}}</ref> Once country of birth and other demographic factors are taken into account, a portion of the sub-groups that make up Asian Americans are much more likely than non-Hispanic White Americans to live in poverty.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Takei|first1=Isao|last2=Sakamoto|first2=Arthur|date=2011-01-01|title=Poverty among Asian Americans in the 21st Century|jstor=10.1525/sop.2011.54.2.251|journal=Sociological Perspectives|volume=54|issue=2|pages=251–276|doi=10.1525/sop.2011.54.2.251|s2cid=147015408}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2015/12/14/asian-american-poverty/#8KjUKbbDOgqj|title=The 'model minority' myth: Why Asian-American poverty goes unseen|first=Huizhong|last=Wu|website=mashable.com|date=December 14, 2015|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208055256/http://mashable.com/2015/12/14/asian-american-poverty/#8KjUKbbDOgqj|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/asian-american-poverty-nyc_us_58ff7f40e4b0c46f0782a5b6|title=Asian-Americans Have Highest Poverty Rate In NYC, But Stereotypes Make The Issue Invisible|first=Kimberly|last=Yam|date=May 8, 2017|access-date=November 22, 2017|via=Huff Post|archive-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121234530/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/asian-american-poverty-nyc_us_58ff7f40e4b0c46f0782a5b6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CambodiaTown" >{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/america-by-the-numbers/episodes/episode-106/|title=Pass or Fail in Cambodia Town – Episodes – America By The Numbers|website=Pass or Fail in Cambodia Town – Episodes – America By The Numbers|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=November 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108224057/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/america-by-the-numbers/episodes/episode-106/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=PewData2017/><ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/aapi/data/critical-issues|title=Critical Issues Facing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders – The White House|date=March 21, 2016|access-date=November 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122005421/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop/aapi/data/critical-issues|archive-date=January 22, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Healthcare in the United States|Healthcare access]] varies greatly by race and ethnicity in the United States; some lifelong diseases and impairments affect Asian Americans more negatively compared to other [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|US census-recognized racial groups]].<ref name="Am. J. Health Behav."/> Research shows many [[health disparities]] among different [[Race and ethnicity in the United States|racial and ethnic groups in the United States]].<ref name="USC Price">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2023 |title=How to Improve Access to Health Care: Issues & Potential Solutions |url=https://healthadministrationdegree.usc.edu/blog/how-to-improve-access-to-health-care/ |url-status=live |website=healthadministrationdegree.usc.edu |location=[[Los Angeles]] and [[Sacramento, California]] |publisher=[[USC Price School of Public Policy]], [[University of Southern California]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421051321/https://healthadministrationdegree.usc.edu/blog/how-to-improve-access-to-health-care/ |archive-date=21 April 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>

There are major disparities that exist among Asian Americans when specific ethnic groups are examined. For example, in 2012, Asian Americans had the highest educational attainment level of any racial demographic in the country.<ref name="RoAAPEW2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2013/01/SDT_Rise_of_Asian_Americans.pdf |title=The Rise of Asian Americans |first=Paul |last=Taylor |author2=D'Vera Cohn |author3=Wendy Wang |author4=Jeffrey S. Passel |author5=Rakesh Kochhar |author6=Richard Fry |author7=Kim Parker |author8=Cary Funk |author9=Gretchen M. Livingston |author10=Eileen Patten |author11=Seth Motel |author12=Ana Gonzalez-Barrera |date=July 12, 2012 |work=Pew Research Social & Demographic Trends |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |access-date=January 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005915/http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2013/01/SDT_Rise_of_Asian_Americans.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Yet, there are many sub groups of Asian Americans who suffer in terms of education with some sub groups showing a high rate of dropping out of school or lacking a college education.<ref name="PewData2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/08/key-facts-about-asian-americans/|title=Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population|date=September 8, 2017|website=pewresearch.org|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120131324/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/08/key-facts-about-asian-americans/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="archive.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwJt_TLYYpw|title=AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS – Model Minority Myth – PBS|last=PBS|date=October 2, 2014|access-date=November 22, 2017|via=YouTube|archive-date=June 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620211835/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwJt_TLYYpw|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/these-groups-of-asian-americans-rarely-attend-college-but-california-is-trying-to-change-that|title=These groups of Asian-Americans rarely attend college, but California is trying to change that|website=PBS NewsHour|date=May 21, 2015|access-date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035420/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/these-groups-of-asian-americans-rarely-attend-college-but-california-is-trying-to-change-that|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite journal|title=Complicating the Image of Model Minority Success: A Review of Southeast Asian American Education|first1=Bic|last1=Ngo|first2=Stacey J.|last2=Lee|date=December 1, 2007|journal=Review of Educational Research|volume=77|issue=4|pages=415–453|doi=10.3102/0034654307309918|s2cid=145367905}}<br />http://www.searac.org/sites/default/files/SEARAC_Fact_Sheets_OVERVIEW_FINAL.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151307/http://www.searac.org/sites/default/files/SEARAC_Fact_Sheets_OVERVIEW_FINAL.pdf |date=February 19, 2018 }}</ref> This occurs in terms of household income as well; in 2008 Asian Americans had the highest median household income overall of any racial demographic,<ref name="Education2007">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p20-560.pdf|title=Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007|year=2009|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=July 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724024659/https://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p20-560.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Income2008">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf|title=Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008|year=2009|publisher=United States Census Bureau|page=9|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920120057/https://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> while there were Asian sub-groups who had average median incomes lower than both the US average and non-Hispanic Whites.<ref name=PewData2017/> In 2014, data released by the US Census Bureau revealed that five Asian American ethnic groups are in the top ten lowest earning ethnicities in terms of per capita income in all of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201//popgroup~-04 |title=Median houseland income in the past 12 months (in 2014 inflation-adjusted dollars) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2014 |work=American Community Survey |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=5 December 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213025358/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201//popgroup~-04 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>