Consul General Soon Gu Yoon Korean American Community: Current Status and Future

Table of Contents □ Statistics of Korean Diaspora (2011) □ Introduction to the Korean American Community □ Political Representation & Participation □ What to Do?

Statistics of Korean Diaspora (2011)

Statistics on Korean Diaspora (2011)  Regional Distribution ㅇ Europe Population : 121,028 Organizations : 620 ㅇ Middle East Population : 16,302 Organizations : 43 ㅇ Africa Population : 11,072 Organizations : 57 ㅇ Russia, CIS Population : 535,679 Organizations : 210 ㅇ China Population : 2,704,994 Organizations : 208 ㅇ Japan Population : 904,806 Organizations : 253 ㅇ Asia-Pacific Population : 453,420 Organizations : 337 ㅇ North America Population : 2,408,490 Organizations : 1,235 ㅇ Caribbean and South America Population : 112,980 Organizations : 205 Size of Population : 7,268,771(in 2011) Number of Organizations : 3,159(in 2010) ※ Korean refers to a person having Korean origin regardless of his/her current nationality

 Status  Country Distribution Statistics on Korean Diaspora (2011) Korean Nationality 42% 42% Foreign Nationality 58%

Introduction to the Korean American Community

Introduction to the Korean American Community □ The Rise of Asian (Korean) Americans * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012)

Introduction to the Korean American Community □ The Rise of Asian (Korean) Americans * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012)

□ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) Introduction to the Korean American Community

□ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) Introduction to the Korean American Community

□ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012)

Introduction to the Korean American Community □ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012)

Introduction to the Korean American Community □ The Rise of Asian (Korean ) Americans * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012) * Source : Pew Research Center (June, 2012)

□ Status of Korean Americans Introduction to the Korean American Community

□ Status of Korean Americans Introduction to the Korean American Community

□ Status of Korean Americans

Introduction to the Korean American Community

□ Status of Korean Americans Note: Firms with more than one domestic establishment are counted in each industry in which they operated but only once in the total for all sectors. Sourse: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Survey of Business Owners – Released April 28,2011 Introduction to the Korean American Community

Political Representation & Participation

[Senate] In the 112 th Congress, only two Asian American Senates Daniel Inouye (Japanese American) Daniel Akaka (Chinese American) (D-HI) (D-HI) → Mazie Hiono (Japanese American) is taking office in January Asian American Elected Officials Federal Level

The 112 th Congress The 113 th Congress SenateHouse RepresentativeGovernor Japanese American24 Chinese American 2 Indian American 12 Filipino American Thai-American 1 Pacific Islanders 3 Total2112 SenateHouse RepresentativeGovernor Japanese American13 Chinese American11 Indian American 2 Filipino American 2 Bangladeshi American 1 Pacific Islanders 2 Total Asian American Elected Officials

[Governor] Bobby Jindal (Indian American) Nikki Haley (Indian American) Governor of Louisiana Governor of South Carolina About 3000 Asian American Elected and Appointed Officials in Local and Federal Government About 160 among them are Korean American Elected and Appointed Government Officials (Source - National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac ) 1. Asian American Elected Officials Local Level

2. Asian American Community and Grant Fairfax County (VA) Population(2011): estimate 1,100,692 Asian percent(2011): 20% (5.8% in Virginia as a whole) White67.3% African American11.0% Asian20.0% Some other race5.7% Total population 1,100,692

#% of Asians% of the total population Korean45, %4.1% Asian Indian43, %4.0% Vietnamese29, %2.7% Chinese24,17011%2.2% Filipino14,6856.7%1.3% Japanese4,4122%0.4% Other Asian30, %2.8% Asian Population: 220,493 (20.0% of total population in Fairfax) Asian Population in Fairfax County

Grant for Korean American Communities in Fairfax County The Reserve for Grant funding The amount of grant given to 4 Korean American communities * The Reserve for Grant funding was $56,831,244 in 2010, and $60,046,908 in 2011 * The amount of grant given to 4 Korean communities $288,176 in 2010 and / $309,676 in %

[Virginia] 3. Insignificance of Asian American Political Representation No Asian voters ?? (Source: WP, 11/7)

[Ohio] (Source: WP, 11/7)

What to Do?

How to Strengthen Korean American Network KACF(NY) vs. AIPAC * CKA- White House Conference ( ) Coalition of the Willing KAC/NetKAL

□ Date: Presidential, Senate, and House Candidates Debate □ Topic: Korean Americans' Interests and Concerns

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