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Community Profiles
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-American relative to White Americans, 1990 (in percent except for income averages)
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Bangladeshi-Americans |
White Americans |
| Educational attainments |
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| At least High School graduate |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. M. Badrul Haque of the Bangladeshi-American Foundation, Inc. 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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