The Asian American & Pacific islander Count

Why is the Census 2020 Important to the AAPI Community?

In 2018, The U.S. Census Bureau conducted the 2020 Census Barriers, Attitudes, and Motivators Study (CBAMS) Survey and found Asian Americans were least likely of any racial group to report that they intend to complete the the Census. Only 55% of Asian Americans said they were “extremely” or “very” likely to fill out the Census form, compared to 69% of Whites, and 65% of Latinos, and 64% of Blacks. Almost everyone uses Census data it to make decisions – the data is a large part of decision making for so many different things: for example, it is used to see where that Boba Shop will go, where that bus line will run, what languages documents will be translated, how much after school funding is made available, what housing looks like in a neighborhood, and many other decisions that touch almost every part of our life.