U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau will host a forum with the Asian American Justice Center on the Asian population at the Rayburn House Office Building. This event will highlight statistics from the American Community Survey and 2010 Census, providing a portrait of the Asian population in the U.S. Following the presentation, an expert panel will discuss the statistics and their implications.
Latin American Herald Tribune
LOS ANGELES – Immigrant-advocacy groups say Central American countries should be listed on the 2020 U.S. Census questionnaire to more accurately determine the number of individuals with roots in that region.
Latinos will be a key to November’s election – we’ve heard that over and over. But Latinos aren’t the fastest growing minority group in America. That distinction belongs to Asian Americans, who grew by nearly 50 percent between 2000 and 2010.
LOS ANGELES, CA – As the State of California celebrates the Day of Inclusion marking the 1943 repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, seven Asian and Pacific Islander (API) organizations across the state have come together to form the API Census Network, in an effort to promote the API community’s participation in the 2010 Census.
The Progressive
By Karen Narasaki and Stewart Kwoh
As the race to the presidency goes full throttle, candidates should not ignore the best-kept demographic secret in politics: the rise of Asian-American voters.
Our ranks have swelled by 46 percent over the past decade, making us the fastest growing racial minority in the nation and ready to wield power and influence in the 2012 election.
Associated Press
Asian-Americans have seen their ranks swell over the past decade not only in coastal immigrant enclaves and the San Gabriel Valley, but also in new places such as the southwestern states of Texas and Nevada, according to a report released last week by a coalition of Asian-American organizations.
The report shows the largest Asian-American populations have remained in California and New York, but traditionally smaller communities shot up between 2000 and 2010, more than doubling in Nevada and growing 95 percent in Arizona.
NBC Nightly News reports that the Asian US Population is now more than 17 million.
Los Angeles Times
Increased immigration from South Asia helped fuel the rapid growth in the number of Asian Americans over the last decade as well as an influx of Asians to states such as Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina and Georgia, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data released Wednesday.
California Watch
Of the more than 57,000 Tongans in the United States, 40 percent – nearly 23,000 – live in California. But you won't find them identified in California data: The state does not require agencies to count them.
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