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In 2010, Filipino Americans were the largest group of Asian Americans in 10 of the 13 western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington, Wyoming; Filipino Americans are also the largest group of Asian Americans in South Dakota. [3]
Wyoming: Republican: Served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1994 to 1996. First Indian born person to be elected to any state legislature. Mike Honda (1941–) 1996–2000: Japanese-American: California: Democratic: Served in the California State Assembly. John Pippy (1970–) 1997–2003, 2003-2012: Thai-American: Pennsylvania ...
Blacks, Asians, Filipinos: Utah: 1852: 1963: Blacks, Asians, Filipinos: Initially enacted via the Act in Relation to Service: Wyoming: 1913: 1965: Blacks, Asians, Filipinos: As a territory, Wyoming banned interracial marriage in 1869. This law was repealed in 1882 prior to statehood, but a new ban was enacted after statehood in 1913.
First Filipino male admitted to an American bar association: Ponciano Reyes (1907) [21] [22] First African American deaf male lawyer: Roger Demosthenes O'Kelly (1908) [23] [24] First Filipino male admitted to practice before the federal courts of the U.S.: Mariona Ylano (1915) [25] [26] First Filipino American male lawyer: Pablo Manlapit (1919 ...
Scott is of African American and Filipino American descent, and is the first member of the United States Congress of Filipino ancestry. [64] 1994: Ben Cayetano is elected Governor of Hawaii, becoming the first Filipino American to be elected governor of a state. 1996: Gary Locke is elected governor of Washington state. When he was elected in ...
1769, Filipino sailors aboard the San Carlos die aboard ship in San Diego Bay during the Portolá expedition, and are buried ashore. [43] 1779, A Filipino mariner, of the San Jose received their confirmation at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo; [44] the confirmation was conducted by Fr. Junípero Serra. [45]
Asian-American people in Wyoming politics (2 P) Pages in category "Asian-American culture in Wyoming" This category contains only the following page.
Filipino Americans had a significantly higher rate of food insecurity (11%) than all Asians and White Americans (6%). [186] Filipino Americans had a lower poverty rate (7%) than the total population, this correlates with the Filipino-American unemployment rate being only 3% and a high labor force participation rate of 67%. [187] [188]