This table was extracted from The American Community - Asians: 2004 (Asian Community Survey Reports), issued on February 2007.

The entire report presents a portrait of the Asian population in the United States. It is part of the American Community Survey (ACS) report series. Information on demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics in the tables and figures are based on data from the 2004 ACS Selected Population Profiles and Detailed Tables. The data for the Asian population are based on responses to the 2004 ACS question on race, which asked all respondents to report one or more races.

People who reported one or more Asian groups on the ACS question on race, such as Asian Indian or Japanese, are included as Asians.

Among Asians, Japanese were the 6th largest group with a population of 832,039 or 6.9 percent of the Asian-alone population.

To see the entire report, The American Community - Asians: 2004 (Asian Community Survey Reports)
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf