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| A mapping tool allows the user to determine the largest AAPI group in individual counties. |
AAPI communities have been the fastest growing racial groups in the country, and the 2020 Census is expected to show continued rapid population gains.
At the same time, the Census Bureau’s research has also shown that Asian Americans are the racial group least familiar with the Census, and the ones most reluctant to participate. Given these twin hurdles, it is more essential than ever for philanthropy, government, industry, and academia to go “all in” and ensure a complete and accurate count among AAPI communities.
AAPI Data and AAPIP have released a simple, yet powerful, mapping tool to help journalists, decision-makers, and community organizations better understand the diversity and geographic settlement patterns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
“We are thrilled to be able to offer this mapping tool, to help the work of policy makers and community organizations alike,” said Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of AAPI Data and professor of public policy at the University of California, Riverside. “This work is in line with AAPI Data’s goals of taking a complexity of data and making them as simple and accessible as possible.”
This tool, available at https://aapidata.com/censusmaps/ provides detailed census-tract level maps for the 20 largest metropolitan areas for Asian Americans in the United States.
For each census tract, users can see which AAPI subgroup lives in the tract, as well as get more information on the population size and share of 21 Asian American and 6 Pacific Islander detailed origin groups.
“This mapping tool helps foundations bring local AAPI communities into sharper focus and to help hone their strategies to ensure that these communities are fully included in the Census efforts and beyond,” said Pat Eng, President & CEO of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP). “The tool will spark conversations across the country through AAPIP chapters, engaging philanthropic institutions, giving circles, and community organizations toward a complete count. Let’s see the people while we count!”
AAPIP and AAPI Data hope that the mapping tool will be helpful well beyond the 2020 Census, as communities engage in important conversations with public officials, nonprofit foundations, and businesses to make investments and enact policies that benefit the diverse and rapidly growing community of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Sunny Shao, a political science PhD student at UC Riverside and researcher at AAPI Data, took the lead in developing the mapping tool. “It was a wonderful opportunity for me to hone my mapping skills using ArcGIS, and to help our communities in the process,” Shao noted.
This tool, available at https://aapidata.com/censusmaps/ provides detailed census-tract level maps for the 20 largest metropolitan areas for Asian Americans in the United States.
For each census tract, users can see which AAPI subgroup lives in the tract, as well as get more information on the population size and share of 21 Asian American and 6 Pacific Islander detailed origin groups.
“This mapping tool helps foundations bring local AAPI communities into sharper focus and to help hone their strategies to ensure that these communities are fully included in the Census efforts and beyond,” said Pat Eng, President & CEO of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP). “The tool will spark conversations across the country through AAPIP chapters, engaging philanthropic institutions, giving circles, and community organizations toward a complete count. Let’s see the people while we count!”
AAPIP and AAPI Data hope that the mapping tool will be helpful well beyond the 2020 Census, as communities engage in important conversations with public officials, nonprofit foundations, and businesses to make investments and enact policies that benefit the diverse and rapidly growing community of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Sunny Shao, a political science PhD student at UC Riverside and researcher at AAPI Data, took the lead in developing the mapping tool. “It was a wonderful opportunity for me to hone my mapping skills using ArcGIS, and to help our communities in the process,” Shao noted.
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