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The Current Condition of Chinese-American BY XXXXX Chinese American From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Demographics 美籍华人--人口统计 The Chinese American community is the largest ethnic group of Asian Americans, consisting of 22.4% of the Asian American population. They constitute 1.2% of the United States as a whole. In 2006, the Chinese American population numbered approximately 3.6 million. Regions with significant populations (分布地区)： West Coast, Northeast, Hawaii, Texas, Upper Midwest, Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area In addition to the big cities, smaller pockets of Chinese Americans are also dispersed in rural towns, often university-college towns, throughout the United States. For example, the number of Chinese Americans, including college professors, doctors, professionals and students, has increased over 200% from 2005 to 2010 in Providence, Rhode Island, a small city with a large number of colleges. Chinese Americans formed nearly 3 percent of Californias population in 2000, and over one percent in the Northeast. Hawaii, with its historically heavily-Asian population, was nearly 10 percent Chinese American. disperse [dis‘p?:s,?di’sp?:s] V. 分散，散开 Rhode Island [r?ud] 罗得岛(美国州名) The Social Status of Chinese-Americans 美籍华人的社会地位 Prejudice Pressure In many ways, Chinese Americans are still the targets of much prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination. The belief that “all Chinese are smart” puts a tremendous amount of pressure on many young Chinese American. Many are not able to conform to（符合） this unrealistic expectation and in fact, they have a high school dropout rate in the country. Disparity（悬殊） among Chinese Americans The income and social status of Chinese American vary widely. Although many Chinese Americans in large cities are often well-educated upper-class people, still many others are members of a poor working class. Tremendous [tri‘mend?s] a.巨大的，惊人的 Dropout [‘