Poverty hits 10% of Asian Americans

Despite the stereotypical image of being highly educated and financially well-off, Asian Americans do have their fair share of poor people.

Roughly 10 percent of Asian Americans, or 2.3 million, lived below the poverty line in 2022, according to the Pew Research Center's analysis of US Census Bureau data.

While that is close to the national poverty rate of 11.5 percent, the poverty rate within the Asian community varied widely, it showed.