Nativity and Citizenship Status for Asian Americans in Massachusetts

According to 2004 estimates, the percentage of Asian Americans that are foreign-born increased from 2000 to 2004.

	2000	2004 estimate	Margin of error +/-
U.S. born	67,212	66,692	6,844
	28.2%	23.5%	2.3%
Foreign born	171,034	216,943	8,438
	71.8%	76.5%	1.8%
Naturalized citizen	72,105	99,268	8,386
	30.3%	35.0%	2.7%
Not a citizen	98,929	117,675	8,404
	41.5%	41.5%	2.7%
TOTAL	238,246	283,635	8,804

Source: 2004 American Community Survey. Margins of error calculated by the Institute for Asian American Studies.