Census
Testimony: Hearing on "Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens"
Statement Of
John C. Yang
President and Executive Director
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC
Hearing On
“Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens”
House of Representatives
Subcommittee On The Constitution And Limited Government
Committee On The Judiciary
November 19, 2025
RE: Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic Demographic Items in FRN 2025-11855 (90 FR 27524) Agency Information Collection Activities
Read our comment in response to the notice published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2025, regarding the proposed extension of the Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic Demographic Items by clicking the link below.
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Civil Rights Coalition Denounces the Termination of Census Advisory Committees and the Inevitable Harm to 2030 Census Planning
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WASHINGTON — Meeta Anand, senior director of the census and data equity program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, joined by The Leadership Conference Census Task Force Co-Chairs Terry Ao Minnis of Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and Arturo Vargas of NALEO Educational Fund, issued the following statement on the recent decision by the Department of Commerce to terminate Census Advisory Committees:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) appreciates the opportunity to comment in response to the notice published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2024 regarding the continued collection of data concerning the School Enrollment Supplement to be conducted in conjunction with the October Current Population Survey (CPS).
RE: The Census Bureau's Proposed Race/Ethnicity Code List for the American Community Survey and the 2030 Census (USBC-2024-0022)
Asian American communities are among the fastest growing and most diverse racial groups in the United States. Often viewed as homogenous, these communities include around 40 detailed subgroups that can differ dramatically across key social and economic indicators. For example, in the context of health disparities, U.S.-born Vietnamese American women are four times more likely to die of breast cancer than any other Asian American group.
New Advancing Justice – AAJC Report Series Examines the Use of Administrative Records for Counting Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
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Washington, D.C. – Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) and Demographic Analytic Advisors today released the final report in its three-part series analyzing the potential of using administrative records to improve the accuracy of Census data for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. The series explores both the limitations and benefits of incorporating race and ethnicity data from these records, particularly in light of the upcoming 2030 Census.
Assessing Availability and Quality of Administrative Records for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Recommendations for the Future
This is the final report of our three-part series focused on the potential role administrative records can play in improving enumeration for both the Asian American and the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations in decennial censuses as well as in other Census Bureau products. The focus of these reports is on the coverage of data on race—and specifically disaggregated race—in administrative records, and the potential limitations and benefits of using these records within an enumeration of these populations.
Assessing Availability and Quality of Administrative Records for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: State Administrative Data
This report on state administrative data is the second of a three-part series to better understand the different roles administrative records can play in census data collection processes, and their strengths and limitations regarding the coverage of race information for the Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities.