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Census Publications & Materials

To order hardcopies of any of our publications, please send an e-mail to information@advancingequality.org.

Census 2010
 
AAJC and its partners launched the Fill in Our Future campaign, which includes a website, www.fillinourfuture.org, that provides information in 25 languages, public service announcements, videos, brochures and educational materials to help with community outreach.

Karen Narasaki Census 2010 Portrait of America Video

Fact Sheet: Importance of the Census 2010 to Asian Americans
 
 
 
Testimony on Preparations for the 2010 Decennial Census Survey before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for the United States House of Representatives - Karen K. Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), praised efforts by the Census Bureau to reach out to minorities in preparation for the 2010 Census.
 
Testimony on Reducing the Undercount in the 2010 Census before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for the United States Senate - Karen K. Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), identifies some of the challenges that the Census Bureau faces in achieving an accurate count in the 2010 Census and provide some feedback on the Bureau’s plan for addressing these challenges and ultimately reducing the undercount in hard-to-enumerate populations, including discussing the importance of culturally appropriate outreach and the significant of partnerships with CBOs and the Bureau’s plan to utilize these tools.
 

American Community Survey

American Community Survey Toolkit - Provides educational information on the importance of filling out the American Community Survey to promote and encourage census response rates for Asian Americans.  Parts of the toolkit are available in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.

Fact Sheet: The American Community Survey - The American Community Survey is a new survey the U.S. Census Bureau is developing as part of the decennial census program. 

Census 2000 Demographic Profiles

  • A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States - While there are large Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in states such as New York, Hawai'i and California, significant demographic shifts are also occurring in cities such as Atlanta, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Houston, Las Vegas, and Seattle.  This new demographic report highlights socioeconomic data and explores issues facing the diverse and emerging AAPI communities in the United States.
  • The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in California - A report on the socio-economic diversity within Southern California's Asian and Pacific Islander community, produced by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in cooperation with United Way of Greater Los Angeles, is intended as a tool to assist grant writers, program planners, advocates, business people, and elected officials in better describing and understanding this growing population and its needs.
  • Census 2000: Asian Population Demographic Data Handbook - The revised handbook includes all the Census 2000 population data on the Asian community from the original handbook as well as some additional population data. A more in-depth explanation of terms used by, and changes made to, Census 2000 are also provided.
    • Appendix A - Gives detailed information on Asian population demographics, broken down by state.
    • Appendix B - Gives detailed information on Asian population demographics, broken down by metropolitan area.
  • The Asian Population Brief 2000 - Official Census publication that provides basic demographic information from Census 2000.
  • We the People: Asians in the United States - A demographic and socioeconomic statistical portrait by the U.S. Census Bureau of the nation's Asian population as a whole, as well as of the 11 largest Asian groups, such as Asian Indian, Cambodian and Japanese.

Census 2000 Community Toolkit

For Census 2000, the Asian American Justice Center launched a three year community education program help Asian Americans fully participate in Census 2000. The following is a list of materials that the Consortium and our affiliates had developed to assist organizations reach out and inform their communities.

Race and Ethnicity Data Collection and Reporting

Recognizing the importance of quality, detailed data of our communities to developing and implementing national policy, AAJC works with other entities, such as federal agencies, researching organizations, to improve data collection on Asian Americans.  AAJC advocates for the collection and reporting of Asian American data, by ethnic and sub-ethnic group where appropriate. 

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