Did the last census overcount Asian Americans? It depends on where you look
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NPR article on Advancing Justice - AAJC's Findings of Potential Census Undercount of AANHPI Communities
A new report1 is complicating an unusual finding from the U.S. Census Bureau's own report card2 on the accuracy of its 2020 head count of the country's population: a national overcount of Asian Americans.
The tallying of U.S. residents more than once at different addresses drives overcounting in census results, which — despite their flaws — are used to determine political representation, guide federal funding and inform policymaking and research across the United States.
Links
- https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/AAJC_CensusQualityFinalReport.pdf
- https://www.npr.org/2022/03/10/1083732104/2020-census-accuracy-undercount-overcount-data-quality