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Welcome to Asia Matters for America!

Use the buttons at left to make a selection or see below for website usage instructions.

About the cover image:

The lines in the map above represent U.S. exports to Asia, by U.S. state and Asian country in 2007. The thinnest lines represent exports of greater than U.S.$2.5 billion; mid-thickness lines, greater than $5 billion; thickest lines, greater than $10 billion. See more images on the SEARCH page. Image courtesy NASA; graphics by Aaron Siirila.

Download the brochure

• Front (7.95 Mb)
• Back - including congressional district map (9.04 Mb)

These are large files -- especially the back -- and may take some time to fully download.

How to use the site:

1. To begin an interactive search, click the red Search or Start Searching button:

2. On the search page, make the following selections:

• Data: Exports, Employment, Ethnicity, Students, etc.
• Unit of measurement: Raw values, percent of total, per capita, etc.
• Year: Most recent year available is the default

Then press SEARCH

3. On the interactive map, move your mouse over states to display actual values.

4. Click on a state to be taken to a detailed State Report:

Click "Show Chart" to display charts by category:

5. Back at the U.S. MAP on the Search page, click on the "Display As" to select other data display options:

Select "Bar chart":

Or select "Data table" to view a sortable table of numbers: