Asian Life in Houston | Asian American Poll

ASIAN LIFE IN HOUSTON
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:14:23 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Which Houston area offers the best environment for Asian Americans?
Katy/West Houston | 26%
Sugar Land/Ft Bend Cty | 32%
Westside Chinatown | 7%
W Univ Pl/Inner Loop | 24%
The Woodlands | 11%

What's the best thing about living in the Houston area?
No Cold Winters | 3%
Many Good Asian Restaurants | 32%
Reasonable Cost of Living | 54%
Southern Hospitality | 11%

What's the worst thing about living in the Houston area?
Hot Muggy Summers | 56%
Pollution & Dominance by Big Oil | 25%
Rednecks in Outlying Areas | 19%
Asian Community Political Squabbling | 0%

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My wife is Asian and we will visit Houston in December with an open mind.S he loves CHicago and it would be pretty tough to convince her to move but who knows?
Chicago and Houston are phat Wednesday, May 01, 2002 at 14:05:05 (PDT)

Houston's Galleria Mall was the site of one of the Many Protests against A&F's racist shirts this past weekend (Sat Apr 27th). About 100 students from HCC, Rice, U of H, High Schools and UT-Austin participated in the picketing on the corner of Westheimer and Post Oak.
H-Town Azn Pryde Tuesday, April 30, 2002 at 11:49:09 (PDT)

Some 2000 Census Data regarding Counties and Cities in Texas:

Harris County (Houston area):

Total Population: 3,400,578
Total Asians: 174,626
Total Native Hawaiian/PI: 2,095

Asians/Pac Islrs as a % of County Population: 5.20%

Fort Bend County (Sugar Land and Katy, Houston suburb areas):

Total Population: 354,452
Total Asians: 39,706
Total Native Hawaiian/PI: 130
Asians/Pac Islrs as a % of County Population: 11.24%

Dallas County (Dallas area):

Total Population: 2,218,899
Total Asians: 88,369
Total Native Hawaiian/PI: 1,277 Asians/Pac Islrs as a % of County Population: 4.04%

Travis County (Austin area):

Total Population: 812,280
Total Asians: 36,286
Total Native Hawaiian/PI: 559 Asians/Pac Islrs as a % of County Population: 4.53%

Houston City

Total Population: 1,953,631
Total Asians: 103,694
Total Native Hawaiian/PI: 1,182 Asians/Pac Islrs as a % of City Population: 5.37%

Dallas City

Total Population: 1,188,580
Total Asians: 32,118
Total Native Hawaiian/PI: 590 Asians/Pac Islrs as a % of City Population: 2.75%

Austin City

Dallas City

Total Population: 656,562
Total Asians: 30,960
Total Native Hawaiian/PI: 469 Asians/Pac Islrs as a % of City Population: 4.79%

Note that Austin is about half the size of Dallas and yet it has the same raw # of Asian Americans. Note also that out of these major cities in Texas, Dallas has a VERY SMALL percentage of its total population that are Asian American.

Notice also that in the Houston area, Fort Bend County, home of suburbs like Sugar Land and Katy, has about double the percentage of Asian Americans as Harris County and Houston City.

In raw numbers Harris County has the largest Asian American Population, with the city of Houston having the largest #s represented. In terms of percentages, Houston and Austin were right around the national average for API populations, while Dallas was FAR BELOW the national average. Although Sugar Land and Katy city data were unavailable, out of all the counties in Texas, they had the largest percentage of Asian Americans. Considering that these are suburbs of Houston, this tells us a lot about the Houston area.

Based upon feedback written in this and other forums here at GoldSea as well as corroborating it with the Census Data, we can conclude the following:

Asian Americans in Texas tend to do better when there's a minimum of 5% of the local population being of Asian ancestry. This makes Houston City, and Harris and Fort Bend Counties by far to be the best place for Asian Americans in Texas. Austin City and Travis County is a close second. Out of the major cities shown, Dallas is the WORST major city in Texas for Asian Americans. This is based upon feedback given in the forums, the low %age of the population and the general reputation Dallas has for being racist.

There you have it folks.
The Numbers Don't Lie!!! Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 13:17:22 (PDT)

Gosh Dangit I want to come to Houston. Seems like a great place??!!!
Soul Searching Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 12:19:03 (PDT)

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