Despite the lag in individual income, viewed overall, the social and economic status of Chinese Americans was greatly improved by the influx of immigrants during the first twenty years after World War Ⅱ.
雖然個人收入未盡理想，但若就總體表現來看，二次大戰以後的廿年間，因為新的第一代移民加入，使得華人的社經地位大為提高。