Everyday Americans: Asians in the U.S. Today

Coming October 20, 2026

£22.83

In 2022–23, Pew Research Center conducted the largest survey ever of Americans of Asian ancestry. Now 24 million strong, this transformative group is the fastest growing racial and ethnic group in the United States. As part of its landmark study, the Center’s researchers convened hundreds of people in eighty-four different focus groups, capturing their perspectives on the constantly evolving Asian American experience.

Co-published by Third State Books and Pew Research Center, Everyday Americans: Asians in the U.S. Today by Neil G. Ruiz weaves candid and honest perspectives of people from all walks of life into the Center’s remarkable data set. Featuring interviews with prominent members of the community such as Joan Chen and Billboard’s Mike Van, this book offers one of the most in-depth portraits available of Asian America.

Neil G. Ruiz

Neil G. Ruiz is Head of New Research Initiatives at Pew Research Center where he served as the principal investigator of their study on Asian Americans. A political economist with a PhD from MIT and degrees from Oxford and UC Berkeley, Ruiz is an expert on immigrant and understudied populations, and he focuses on amplifying their voices through research. He has been recognized by the American Association for Public Opinion Research for filling the industry’s data gap on Asian Americans. Ruiz previously worked at The Brookings Institution and the World Bank. The son of Filipino immigrants, he was born and raised in Oxnard, California.