In the context of our census work, data disaggregation refers to the collection and reporting of data by detailed Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander subgroups. By producing disaggregated data for detailed groups, you can always combine the data to produce summarized data on the entire group. However, the reverse is not true. You cannot get detailed data from aggregated data. And without accurate data by detailed race group, some of the most disadvantaged in our communities are rendered invisible to policy makers, leaving their critical needs unmet.

• Download the national factsheet here
• Alabama Factsheet
• Alaska Factsheet

Our blog on the race and ethnicity question on the census examines how question has evolved over the years to provide a more accurate picture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. This blog is available in English on our Medium account.

This national census factsheet is also available in Chinese. If you would like to print this document, you will need to download the file for the full factsheet to appear.

Join Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates national and DC chapter for a community convening on the census, naturalization, and state and local immigration policies. We will discuss how we can collaborate around each topic and build stronger alliances among Asian American and Muslim, Arab, and South Asian American communities in Maryland.

Produced as part of the Value Our Families campaign, this fact sheet lists several ways the Trump Administration is threatening and attacking our family-based immigration system. 

Download fact sheet "Debunking the Myths about the Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census Form" in English and Chinese.

The U.S. Constitution mandates a count of all persons living in the United States every 10 years. Unfortunately, each decade, some members of the public are reluctant to participate in the census based on fear of government and potential misuse of their responses. Lack of trust in the confidentiality of census data presents a major barrier to census participation, despite the survey’s mandatory nature.

Learn more about the alarming decision from the Department of Commerce to add an untested and unnecessary question on citizenship status to the 2020 Census. This factsheet summarizes why this is bad for our communities and for America, and what you can do to help fight back.