Korean American Community:
Current Status and Future
Table of Contents
□ Statistics of Korean Diaspora (2011)
□ Introduction to the Korean American Community
□ Political Representation & Participation
Statistics of Korean Diaspora (201
1)
Statistics on Korean Diaspora (2011)
Regional Distribution
ㅇ Europe
Population : 121,028 Organizations : 620
ㅇ Middle East
Population : 16,302 Organizations : 43
ㅇ Africa
Population : 11,072 Organizations : 57
ㅇ Russia, CIS
Population : 535,679 Organizations : 210 ㅇ China
Population : 2,704,994 Organizations : 208
ㅇ Japan
Population : 904,806 Organizations : 253
ㅇ Asia-Pacific
Population : 453,420 Organizations : 337
ㅇ North America
Population : 2,408,490 Organizations : 1,235
ㅇ Caribbean and South America Population : 112,980
Organizations : 205
Size of Population : 7,268,771(in 2011) Number of Organizations : 3,159(in 2010)
※ Korean refers to a person having Korean origin regardless of his/her
Status
Country Distribution
Statistics on Korean Diaspora (2011)
China
U.S.
Japan
C.I.S
Canada 2.7 2.17
0.9 0.54 0.23
No.(Million)
Korean Na- tionality
42%
Korean Na- tionality
42% Foreign
National- ity
Introduction to
the Korean American Community
Introduction to the Korean American Community
□ The Rise of Asian (Korean) Americans
Introduction to the Korean American Community
□ The Rise of Asian (Korean) Americans
□ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans
Introduction to the Korean American Community
□ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans
Introduction to the Korean American Community
Introduction to the Korean American Community
□ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans
Introduction to the Korean American Community
□ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans
Introduction to the Korean American Community
□ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans
Introduction to the Korean American Community
Introduction to the Korean American Community
Introduction to the Korean American Community
Introduction to the Korean American Community
□ Status of Korean Americans
21.3
19.1 8.7 9.4
6.6 6.3 28.7
● Korean-Owned Firms
Number of Firms by Type of Business : 2007 Total : 192,456
Repair and maintenance, and personal and laundry services Retail trade
Professional, scientific, and technical services Accommodation and food services
Real estate and rental and leasing
Introduction to the Korean American Community
Political Representation & Partici
pation
[Senate]
In the 112th Congress, only two Asian American Senates
Daniel Inouye (Japanese American) Daniel Akaka (Chinese American) (D-HI) (D-HI)
1. Asian American Elected Officials
Federal Level
The 112th Congress
The 113th Congress
Senate House Represen-
tative
Gover- nor
Japanese American 2 4
Chinese American 2
Indian American 1 2
Filipino American
Thai-American 1
Senate House Represen-
tative
Gover- nor
Japanese American 1 3
Chinese American 1 1
Indian American 2
Filipino American 2
Bangladeshi American 1
Pacific Islanders 2
Total 2 9 2
1. Asian American Elected Officials
[Governor]
Bobby Jindal (Indian American) Nikki Haley (Indian American) Governor of Louisiana Governor of South Carolina
About 3000 Asian American Elected and Appointed Officials in Local and Federal Government
1. Asian American Elected Officials
Local Level
2. Asian American Community and Grant
Fairfax County (VA)
Population(2011): estimate 1,100,692
Asian percent(2011): 20% (5.8% in Virginia as a whole)
Fairfax Population
White
African Amer- ican
Asian Other race
White 67.3%
African American 11.0%
Asian 20.0%
Some other race 5.7%
Asian Population
Korean Asian Indian Vietnamese Chinese Filipino Japanese Other Asian
# % of Asians % of the total popula- tion
Korean 45,283 22.6% 4.1%
Asian Indian 43,540 19.8% 4.0%
Vietnamese 29,745 13.5% 2.7%
Chinese 24,170 11% 2.2%
Filipino 14,685 6.7% 1.3%
Asian Population: 220,493 (20.0% of total population in Fair- fax)
Asian Population in Fairfax County
Grant for Korean American Communities in Fairfax County
The Reserve for Grant funding
The amount of grant given to
4 Korean American commu- nities
2010 2011
* The Reserve for Grant funding was $56,831,244 in 2010, and $60,046,908 in 2011
0.5%
0.5%
[Virginia]
3. Insignificance of Asian American Political Representation
No Asian voters
(Source: WP, 11/7)
(Source: WP,
What to Do?
How to Strengthen Korean American Network
• KACF(NY) vs. AIPAC
* CKA- White House Conference (2012.6.7)
• Coalition of the Willing
• KAC/NetKAL
□ Date: 2012.10.06 Presidential, Senate, and House
