a person from the united states is called americans.
a person from the united states is called americans.
what is a person from the united states called?
americans
filipino pensionados began arriving to the region in 1903, including in ventura county; others attended schools in los angeles county, including at university of southern california, and university of california, los angeles. in the 1920s, the area now known as little tokyo was known as little manila, which was where the first concentration of filipino immigrants in los angeles lived. in 1930, one in five filipinos in the united states called los angeles county home, with the number of filipinos in the area expanding in the winter season to work temporary jobs. in 1937, the first filipina american graduated from ucla. in 1940, there were 4,503 filipinos living in the city of los angeles. little manila extended to the bunker hill and civic center areas of los angeles, but were forced to relocate to the temple-beverly corridor in the 1950s and 1960s, and has since been largely forgotten. in the 20th century, filipino sailors with the united states navy began to be stationed in oxnard and long beach, developing military related filipino enclaves; long beach community beginning in the 1940s, and the oxnard community saw significant growth after the 1960s. according to the 1970 united states census, the los angeles-long beach metropolitan area had the third largest filipino american population in the united states at that time (32,018). in the 1980s, there were 219,653 filipinos in los angeles county. in 1985, helen agcaoili summers brown opened the pilipino american reading room and library. in 1990, there were more filipinos living in suburban los angeles (160,778), than in urban los angeles (135,336). in 1996, filipinos were one in four of asian americans in los angeles. in the last two decades of the 20th century filipinos were the second largest population of asian americans in the region, however one writer described the population as having a "residential invisibility", with other asian american populations being more visible.
demographics of filipino americans
with regard to genetic testing and information in general, legislation in the united states called the genetic information nondiscrimination act prohibits group health plans and health insurers from denying coverage to a healthy individual or charging that person higher premiums based solely on a genetic predisposition to developing a disease in the future. the legislation also bars employers from using individuals’ genetic information when making hiring, firing, job placement, or promotion decisions. the legislation, the first of its kind in the united states, was passed by the united states senate on april 24, 2008, on a vote of 95-0, and was signed into law by president george w. bush on may 21, 2008. it went into effect on november 21, 2009.
genetic testing