{"id":1869,"date":"2016-01-01T17:50:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T22:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2016-01-18T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T17:40:05","slug":"interactive-maps-on-asian-americans-by-congressional-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/?p=1869","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Maps on Asian Americans by Congressional District"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1869\"  class=\"panel-layout\" >\n<div id=\"pg-1869-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" >\n<div id=\"pgc-1869-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" >\n<div id=\"panel-1869-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\n<div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><\/p>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jeremy S. Wu, Ph. D. (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:Jeremy.S.Wu@gmail.com\">Jeremy.S.Wu@gmail.com<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mark Lin (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:marklindata@gmail.com\">marklindata@gmail.com<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An interactive map to visualize the distribution of Asian American populations by Congressional District is now available at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2014AAbyCD\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2014AAbyCD<\/a><\/span>. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The user may move and zoom in and out of the map and view the following results by pointing and clicking at any location in the United States:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State and Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Name of incumbent U.S. House Representative and political party affiliation (D=Democrat and R=Republican)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Total Asian American population in the district and<\/span><br \/> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0a7 Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Other Asians<\/span><br \/> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0a7 Males and females<\/span><br \/> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\uf0a7 Percentages of males and females age 18 and over<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The interactive map is color-coded by 5 approximately equal-size groups. The darker the color, the higher the number of Asian Americans.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These results are available for 437 locations based on 2014 data \u2013 435 Congressional Districts, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The U.S. representatives serve a term of 2 years. The next general election will be held on November 8, 2016.According to the 2014 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there were 15.7 million Asian Americans in the U.S. (not including Puerto Rico), among them are 23.5% Chinese, 19.8% Asian Indian, 16.9% Filipino, 10.7% Vietnamese, 9.3% Korean and 5.0% Japanese. Males represent 47.4% and females 52.6%. Age 18 and over make up 78.8%.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The U.S. Congresspersons currently representing the most Asian Americans are:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-5\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-5\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Democrat\uff08Asian American population\uff09<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Republican\uff08Asian American population\uff09<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">CA-27 Mike Honda (369,707)<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">CA-39 Ed Royce (210,474)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">HI-1 Mark Takai (352,499)<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">CA-45 Mimi Walters (158,705)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">NY-6 Grace Meng (276,924)<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">CA-48 Dana Rohrabacher (127,556)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">CA-27 Judy Chu (264,289)<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">TX-22 Pete Olson (127,087)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">CA-14 Jackie Speier (231,314)<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">TX-3 Sam Johnson (96,980)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><p><!-- #tablepress-5 from cache --><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Among the 435 U.S. Representatives, three are Chinese Americans\uff1a<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-4\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-4\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Judy Chu<br \/>\nDemocrat<br \/>\nCA-27<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JudyChu.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1873\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/JudyChu-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JudyChu\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1873\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CA-27.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1876\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CA-27-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"CA-27\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1876\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">Asian Americans population (Ranked 4\uff09<br \/>\n264,289<\/p><p>Chinese American population (Ranked 1)<br \/>\n170,383\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Ted Lieu<br \/>\nDemocrat<br \/>\nCA-33<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/TedLieu.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1874\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/TedLieu-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"TedLieu\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1874\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CA-33.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1877\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CA-33-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"CA-33\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1877\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">Asian American population (Ranked 32)<br \/>\n98,655<\/p><p>Chinese American population (Ranked 24)<br \/>\n27,346\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Grace Meng<br \/>\nDemocrat<br \/>\nNY-6<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GraceMeng.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1875\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GraceMeng-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"GraceMeng\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1875\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/NY-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1878\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whw.fa0.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/NY-6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NY-6\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1878\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">Asian American population (Ranked 3)<br \/>\n276,924<\/p><p>Chinese American population (Ranked 2)<br \/>\n155,371\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><p><!-- #tablepress-4 from cache --><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Data Sources<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The interactive map based on 2014 estimates.\u00a0 The 2013 version is also released.\u00a0 It is based on the integration of three data sources:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Five-year estimates from the American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1R2diIW\">http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1R2diIW<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 5M version of the Cartographic Boundary Files for the Congressional Districts under the 114<sup>th<\/sup> Congress by the U.S. Census Bureau <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1Ob1qxI\">http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1Ob1qxI<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 114<sup>th<\/sup> Congressional Directory of Representatives by the U.S. House of Representatives <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1LVWjzt\">http:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1LVWjzt<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The average population size of a Congressional District is about 710,000 according to the 2010 census<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Congressional District boundaries may be changed by state legislatures and sometimes challenged in court<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The American Community Survey (ACS) produces two sets of estimates \u2013 1-year and 5-year. Updates are typically released in December<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Asian American subpopulation estimates are based on one race only; it does not include two or more races<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Due to demographic, election, and geographic changes, the map will also change over time; it will be updated as needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for the la<\/span>test updated maps<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><a href=\"http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1NbLbAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1035 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/FacebookIcon.png\" alt=\"FacebookIcon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1NC8p1R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1036\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1036 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TwitterIcon.png\" alt=\"TwitterIcon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1ONRLjp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1037\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1037 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/LinkedinIcon.png\" alt=\"LinkedinIcon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy S. Wu, Ph. D. (Jeremy.S.Wu@gmail.com)Mark Lin (marklindata@gmail.com)An interactive map to visualize the distribution of Asian American populations by Congressional District is now available at http:\/\/bit.ly\/2014AAbyCD. \u00a0The user may move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremy-wu.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}