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Bangladeshi-Americans At-a-Glance

Total population:                      21,414 (1990)                  230,000 (January, 2001, Est.)

Community Concentrations: New York and New Jersey (40.7%), California and Texas (17.5%) and Greater Washington DC (8.5%).

Age distribution:                         5-14 years (13.7%) 15-55 years (80.5%) 55+ (5.8%)

Estimated number of individuals in the Greater Washington area in January 2000:   17,000, of which about 7,000 have postgraduate degrees

Performance of Bangladeshi-Americans relative to White Americans, 1990
(In percent, except for income averages)

                                                                Bangladeshi-Americans                    White Americans
Educational attainments
        At least High School graduates              89.4                                          78.0
        At least Bachelor’s degree                      66.1                                          21.6
        Graduate or professional degree           42.7                                          7.7

Occupation of civilian employment, 16 years and over
        Executive, administrative and managerial 12.0                                      13.1
        Professional specialty                                  31.5                                      14.8
        Service occupations                                     13.5                                      11.8

Industry of civilian employment, 16 years and over
        Education and health services                    27.6                                      16.4
        Other professional and related services      8.4                                         6.9
        Retail services                                              21.1                                       17.0

Household income in 1989
        Less than $49,999                                         61.8                                       73.9
        $50,000-99,999                                             28.5                                       21.3
        $100,000+                                                        9.7                                          4.8
        Median income ($)                                      40,102                                   31,435
        Arithmetic average income ($)                  48,524                                   40,308
        Percent of families below poverty                 9.9                                          7.0

Sources: Dr. Badrul Haque of the Bangladeshi-American Foundation and Dr. Prithwis Das Gupta (Research Mathematical Statistician, US Bureau of Census). Dr. Gupta’s contribution (“How Are the Bengalis in the US Faring? - A Comparison with White Americans”) appeared in the Washington DC based Sanskriti’s publication Navapatrika in 1995.

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