Neil G. Ruiz

Overview

Associate director of race and ethnicity research at Pew Research Center. Co-author of Pew's fact sheets on Asian American demographics.

Budiman and Ruiz (2021) "Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population" — documents rapid growth to 23 million (fastest-growing racial/ethnic group), within-group heterogeneity across 19 origin groups, generational age structure (U.S.-born Asians median age 19), and wide economic/educational variation from $44,400 (Burmese) to$ 119,000 (Indian American) median household income