Abby Budiman

Overview

Former research analyst at Pew Research Center, focusing on race and ethnicity research. Author of Pew's statistical portraits of the U.S. immigrant population and lead author on Asian American demographic profiles.

Key Contributions

• Budiman (2020) "Key findings about U.S. immigrants" — comprehensive fact sheet on the 44.8 million U.S. foreign-born: legal status breakdown (77% legal, 23% unauthorized), origin-country composition, education bimodality, labor force share, English proficiency, and public attitudes; draws on Pew's statistical portraits using Census/ACS data adjusted for unauthorized undercount
• Budiman and Ruiz (2021) "Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population" — 23 million Asian Americans across 19 origin groups; documents wide within-group heterogeneity in income ($44,400 Burmese →$119,000 Indian), education, immigration recency, and generational age structure

Related

• Neil G. Ruiz
• U.S. Immigration Demographics
• Cultural Assimilation
• Budiman 2020 — Key Findings About U.S. Immigrants
• Budiman and Ruiz 2021 — Key Facts About Asian Americans

Sources

• Budiman 2020 — Key Findings About U.S. Immigrants
• Budiman and Ruiz 2021 — Key Facts About Asian Americans