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=====Selective immigration=====
One possible cause of the higher performance of Asian Americans as a group is that they represent a small population in America so those who are chosen to move to America often come from a [[Selection bias|selective group]] of Asians. The relative difficulty of emigrating and immigrating into the United States has created a selective nature of the process with the U.S. often choosing the wealthier and [[brain drain|more highly educated]] out of those with less resources, motivation or ability to immigrate.<ref name="YananWang"/><ref name="The Source of the 'Asian Advantage' Isn't Asian Values NBC News">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/editorial-source-asian-advantage-isnt-asian-values-n443526|title=Editorial: The Source of the 'Asian Advantage' Isn't Asian Values|access-date=February 21, 2016|first=Janelle|last=Wong}}</ref>

Asian Americans are the nation's fastest growing ethnic group due to their high rate of immigration. 59% of all Asian Americans are foreign born. The majority of Asian Americans are either 1st or 2nd generation immigrants, with the Asian-American population increasing from only 980,000 in 1960 to 22.4 million in 2019. Due to their high rate of immigration, the Asian American population nearly doubled from 11.9 to 22.4 million in the period between 2000 and 2019 – an 88% increase. For reference, the Black population grew by 20% during this span, while there was virtually no change in the White population.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/29/key-facts-about-asian-americans/ |title=Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population |last=Budiman |first=Abby |date=Apr 29, 2021 |website=Pewresearch.org |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=November 2, 2021 |quote="The nation's Asian population rose to 11.9 million by 2000 and then nearly doubled to 22.4 million by 2019 – an 88% increase within two decades. "}}</ref>

Asia is a much larger pool of skilled workers as the continent has 4.2 billion people, 60% of the world population. This far outnumbers the next two most populous continents of Africa (15% total world population) and Europe (10%).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/world/ |title=World |date=Oct 19, 2021 |website=CIA.gov |publisher=U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=November 2, 2021 |quote="Asia is easily the most populous continent with about 60% of the world's population (China and India together account for over 35%); Africa comes in second with over 15% of the earth's populace, Europe has about 10%, North America 8%, South America almost 6%, and Oceania less than 1%"}}</ref> 82% of Asian American workers in [[STEM]] fields were foreign born, as well as 81% of the entirety of the Asian workforce.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2018/01/09/diversity-in-the-stem-workforce-varies-widely-across-jobs/ |title=Diversity in the STEM workforce varies widely across jobs |last=Funk |first=Cary |date= Jan 9, 2018 |website=Pewresearch.org |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=November 2, 2021 |quote="The vast majority of the Asian STEM workforce is foreign born (82%) as is the Asian workforce overall in the U.S. (81%)." }}</ref>

In 2016, Indian and Chinese nationals accounted for 82% of all issued [[H1-B visa|H1-B Visas]], a work permit that allows skilled foreign workers to go to the United States and work for American companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/04/19/india-and-china-accounted-for-82-percent-of-u-s-h-1b-visas-in-2016-infographic/ |title=India and China Accounted For 82% Of U.S. H-1B Visas In 2016 |last=McCarthy |first=Niall |date=Apr 19, 2017 |work=Forbes |access-date=November 2, 2021 |quote=82 percent of all H-1B visas issued in 2016 went to India and China. 85,000 H-1B visas are issued every year while 100,000 more are extended or re-issued. Last year, 126,692 of them went to recipients from India, 21,657 were issued to Chinese workers.}}</ref>

As of May 2016, 77% of the 1.2 million international students enrolled in the United States hailed from Asia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/new-report-notes-77-percent-international-students-hail-asia-f-m-student-population-2 |title=New report notes 77 percent of international students hail from Asia |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=June 23, 2017 |website=Ice.gov |publisher=US Immigration and Customs Enforcement |access-date=November 2, 2021 |quote="Seventy-seven percent of international students hailed from Asia."}}</ref>