10 Questions, 10 Minutes to help improve our community

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Published on Friday, 26 February 2010 08:38

United States Census 2010
 
The Census: A Snapshot
What: The census is a count of everyone in the United States.
Who: Everyone in the United States must be counted. This includes people of all ages, races, ethnic groups, citizens and noncitizens.
When: More than 130 million households across the nation will receive a census form in March 2010.
Why: The U.S. Constitution requires a national census once every 10 years to count the population and determine the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives.
How: Households should complete and mail back their forms upon receipt. Census workers will visit households that do not return forms to take a count in person.

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AAJC launches Census 2010 Web site

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Published on Friday, 26 February 2010 08:32

WASHINGTON — In leading the effort to ensure that Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians are accurately counted in the upcoming census, the Asian American Justice Center and its partners launched a Web site to serve as a clearinghouse for census materials aimed at AAPI communities.

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The truth about Asian Americans & the Census: Debunking the Myths

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Published on Friday, 26 February 2010 08:35

MYTH: Asian Americans were overcounted in the 2000 Census.
 
FACT: The Census Bureau itself did not have confidence in its measures of census accuracy in 2000, especially for smaller population groups such as Asian Americans. The Census Bureau cited “troubling anomalies and unexplained results” in its decision not to use the results of its accuracy-check survey to adjust the final census numbers. An expert National Academy of Sciences panel concluded that while undercounts among traditionally hard-to-count communities such as minority groups were likely lower in the 2000 Census than in previous censuses, they still persisted. The seeming overcount of Asian Americans could be attributed, in part, to a relatively high rate of duplication of Asian Americans counted both at home and at their college dorms, which could “offset” an undercount of Asian Americans in communities that are more difficult to count due to lower income, language and other barriers.

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The ninth annual Bob and Kim Griffin Building U.S.-China Bridges Lecture

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Published on Friday, 15 January 2010 15:26

The U.S. and China:

A relationship marred by misperceptions

by Burton Levin
Former Ambassador to Burma & Consul General in Hong Kong
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Great Hall, Coffman Memorial Union

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