print email comment close Facts for Features: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May URL: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013385.html Description: Facts and statistics about this observance planned "to coincide with two important anniversaries: the arrival in the United States of first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and the completion of the transcontinental railroad (May 10, 1869)." Topics include population, ethnicity, language, income, education, and military service. From the U.S. Census Bureau. Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau Public Information Office Library of Congress Subject Headings: Asian Americans -- Statistics Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month Pacific Islander Americans -- Statistics Special months LII Database Information: Record 2383 created by Wendy Hyman on 05/02/2004 Last modification on 03/04/2009 Published: 05/02/2004   Republished: 04/13/2006 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2383