The S.F. Bay Area:
Who's Living Where and Why?

A Graphic Look at Asian Demographics in the Bay Area

Dr. David Woo of the CSUEB Department of Geography and Environmental Studies has created a fascinating graphic and statistical study of immigration patterns of contemporary Asian groups in the Bay Area.

Originally presented in numerous campus venues as a well-received PowerPoint presentation, key graphics from this production have been rendered into 3 large vertical panels that invite perusal, study and comparison. Charts in the display cover everything from Chinese immigration patterns to the United States between 1850 and 2000, to the dispersal of Asian groups throughout the Bay Area in the 2000 Census.

A CSUEB exhibit, produced by Dr. David Woo in conjunction with the University Libraries

The Immigration and Bay Area Asian exhibit was one of six displays that the Library coordinated, starting in Fall Quarter 2008. Each exhibit illuminated some aspect of the Chinese American experience in California, inspired by the visiting show from the Chinese Historical Society of America: Remembering 1882: Fighting for Civil Rights in the Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which dealt with the Chinese Exclusion Act of that year.

This particular component of the larger festival of exhibits dealt with contemporary demographics of various Asian groups in the Bay Area. Based on research by Dr. Woo of the CSUEB Geography and Environmental Studies department.

Occupying a prominent space at the Library's entrance, these panels got a lot of favorable student attention, and their "run" extended months beyond the scheduled end date in February 2008.

- DA