Great Migration of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

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More people of Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Island (aka Asian American Pacific Islander, or AAPI) heritage are moving to Massachusetts, with wealthy families moving to wealthy suburbs right around Boston and poorer families moving further from the city.Malden, Westborough, Acton, Lexington and Shrewsbury all have more than 25% of their population identifying as AAPI at the 2020 Census.Asian-owned businesses in Mass increased by 70% since 2007 and 505,000 AAPI people live in Massachusetts.Read more in this Boston Globe article.

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