May is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month ✨
Asian-Americans are the fastest growing population in the nation right now, but we’re also the ones least likely to answer the census. We also remain largely misunderstood, so it’s more urgent than ever that we’re counted in the census– to “secure better resources and funding and harness untapped political power.”
Read more about it in this New York Times article:
Why the Fastest Growing Population in America Is The Least Likely to Fill Out the Census
Why the Fastest Growing Population in America Is The Least Likely to Fill Out the Census
Sources:
All from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey of 2018.
Asian population data
Pacific Islander population data
Place of birth & year of entry data of Asians in the US