�While Asian American and NHPI communities were overcounted nationally� in the 2020 Census, according to a new report from Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), �some states had undercounts in both 2010 and 2020. This is a problem because, despite a reported national overcount of these communities in 2020, some Asian American and NHPI communities were still undercounted at lower levels of geography.�
The report also found disparities in the undercount of young children, which, while �common in other racial and ethnic groups,� it �also exists among Asian Americans� and �is not evenly distributed throughout the country.� AAJC discovered, by contrast, that Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) young children were not undercounted, and urged further research to help determine why.
- �The Quality of the Decennial Census for Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities: An Expanded Approach.� March 30, 2023. https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/publication/quality-decennial-census-asian-american-and-native-hawaiian-and-pacific-islander
