that immigrant whites, Latinos, Asians and Pacific Islanders had higher rates of poverty than their native-born counterparts.109 The opposite pattern was evident for blacks, and these overall patterns mask divergence for some ethnic subgroups. For Puerto Ricans, South Asians, Koreans and Vietnamese, the native born have higher poverty than immigrants. These data highlight the importance of paying attention to the particularities of each immigrant group and the ethnic diversity within the broad racial categories.
