| | Characteristic | Chinese | Asian
Indian | Filipino | Korean | Vietnamese | Japanese | Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | Asian/
Pacific Islander (All) | Non-Hispanic white | Total US population |
| | Obesity and related behaviors, 1992–2011 | | | | | | | | | | | | Obesity prevalence (SE), 1992–1995 | 2.1 (0.33) | 4.0 (0.61) | 4.3 (0.66) | 2.0 (0.53) | 0.8 (0.25) | 4.5 (0.70) | 23.1 (3.15) | 4.2 (0.49) | 14.1 (0.11) | 15.0 (0.11) | | Obesity prevalence (SE), 1997–2000 | 3.6 (1.00) | 6.2 (1.25) | 8.4 (1.32) | | | | 24.2 (0.87) | 6.3 (0.53) | 19.3 (0.17) | 20.4 (0.16) | | Obesity prevalence (SE), 2006–2011 | 4.4 (0.59) | 10.4 (1.09) | 16.5 (1.10) | 2.8 (0.97) | 5.3 (1.54) | 8.7 (2.07) | 39.6 (3.52) | 11.1 (0.47) | 26.1 (0.22) | 27.2 (0.19) | | Increase in obesity prevalence (%), 1992–2011 | 105.7 | 161.4 | 242.0 | 42.9 | 606.7 | 92.5 | 71.3 | 164.4 | 85.3 | 81.5 | | Overweight prevalence (SE), 1992–1995 | 18.1 (0.81) | 29.8 (1.58) | 28.9 (1.36) | 20.4 (1.43) | 12.7 (1.00) | 27.4 (2.17) | 53.1 (4.33) | 25.0 (0.88) | 46.6 (0.16) | 47.6 (0.16) | | Overweight prevalence (SE), 1997–2000 | 22.5 (1.84) | 32.9 (2.48) | 39.7 (2.12) | | | | 61.0 (0.94) | 30.7 (0.99) | 54.3 (0.23) | 55.6 (0.20) | | Overweight prevalence (SE), 2006–2011 | 27.9 (1.32) | 44.4 (1.50) | 53.2 (1.44) | 30.1 | 24.4 | 34.6 | 73.8 (2.96) | 41.4 (0.82) | 60.8 (0.23) | 62.2 (0.20) | | Increase in overweight prevalence (%), 1992–2011 | 54.5 | 49.1 | 84.2 | 47.33 | 92.13 | 26.51 | 39.0 | 65.5 | 30.6 | 30.5 | | Mean body mass index (BMI, SE), 1992–1995 | 22.4 (0.07) | 23.5 (0.11) | 23.6 (0.12) | 22.5 (0.13) | 21.7 (0.11) | 23.14 (0.19) | 26.8 (0.49) | 23.1 (0.09) | 25.3 (0.02) | 25.5 (0.02) | | Mean body mass index (BMI, SE), 2006–2011 | 23.4 (0.12) | 24.8 (0.13) | 26.0 (0.14) | | | | 29.9 (0.84) | 24.8 (0.10) | 27.3 (0.03) | 27.5 (0.03) | | Increase in BMI (%), 1992–2011 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 10.4 | | | | 11.7 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | | Physical activity prevalence (%), 2006–2011 | 62.3 | 62.6 | 60.1 | | | | 56.5 | 61.6 | 58.1 | 60.4 | | Regular physical activity prevalence (%), 2006–2011 | 31.6 | 31.3 | 31.1 | | | | 38.3 | 31.4 | 36.1 | 33.7 | | Fruit/vegetable intake <1 time/day (%), 2010 | 20.2 | 18.8 | 39.2 | | | | 37.6 | 28.6 | 34.8 | 35.5 | | Sociodemographic characteristics, 2011 | | | | | | | | | | | | Population size, single race | 3,520,150 | 2,908,204 | 2,538,325 | 1,449,876 | 1,669,447 | 756,898 | 506,017 | 15,526,436 | 197,084,523 | 311,591,919 | Population size, alone or in combination with other
races | 4,185,871 | 3,190,419 | 3,439,930 | 1,734,354 | 1,866,681 | 1,289,192 | 1,186,153 | 18,179,539 | 202,593,247 | 311,591,919 | | Median age (years) | 38.1 | 32.5 | 39.5 | 37.0 | 36.6 | 48.6 | 29.3 | 36.1 | 42.3 | 37.3 | | Married-couple families (%) | 57.8 | 73.1 | 58.3 | 53.6 | 60.3 | 46.1 | 51.5 | 60.6 | 51.4 | 48.3 | | Foreign-born (%) | 69.7 | 71.2 | 66.5 | 73.5 | 67.0 | 38.8 | 22.1 | 65.2 | 3.9 | 13.0 | | Not speaking English “very well” (%) | 46.6 | 21.9 | 23.2 | 44.9 | 53.3 | 22.6 | 13.8 | 36.1 | 1.6 | 8.7 | | High school graduate or higher (%) | 81.2 | 90.8 | 92.3 | 92.0 | 69.4 | 94.8 | 85.1 | 85.1 | 91.1 | 85.9 | | Bachelor's degree or higher (%) | 52.3 | 71.1 | 47.6 | 52.6 | 25.4 | 48.3 | 14.5 | 49.7 | 31.9 | 28.5 | | In labor force (%) | 62.5 | 69.6 | 70.8 | 59.9 | 66.6 | 58.3 | 67.8 | 67.3 | 63.5 | 64.0 | | Unemployed (%) | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.5 | | Managerial and professional occupations (%) | 54.4 | 66.5 | 42.4 | 46.1 | 29.7 | 53.6 | 24.0 | 47.5 | 40.1 | 36.0 | | Median family income ($) | 77,209 | 102,894 | 85,222 | 61,452 | 58,520 | 90,550 | 54,485 | 80,101 | 69,715 | 61,455 | | Below poverty level (%) | 11.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 4.5 | 18.3 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.7 | Commuting to work—car, truck, or van—drove alone
(%) | 57.7 | 65.8 | 69.4 | 69.2 | 74.5 | 73.0 | 67.5 | 66.4 | 79.9 | 76.4 | | Commuting to work—public transportation (%) | 16.3 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
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