Agenda Item 3d_Austin Asian Communities Civic Coalition during the 2020 U.S. Census — original pdf

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2020 Census: Counting Asian Americans & Residents with Asian Roots in Greater Austin / Travis County === Report to AAQoL Commission: Some Results & Conclusions Co-Director, Census 2020 Asian American Complete Count Committee (AACCC) Dr. Sumit DasGupta December 12, 2020 Agenda Topics: • The Leadership Team • Census Count Target / Coverage Area • Original Strategy • Final Strategy • Results • Conclusions / Recommendations SD / 12-12-2019 The AACCC Leadership Team SD / 12-12-2019 AACCC Census Count Target / Coverage Area • Count target: Immigrants from all Asian countries • From Turkey and Israel to the west • This will require significant focus and effort to connect with these countries • To Japan and S. Korea to the east • … and all countries in between • Count coverage area: • Travis & Williamson counties: • Total / Asian (single race) population (2018): 1,815,462 / 134,795 • % Asian: 7.4% • Austin-Round Rock MSA: & Hays counties • Covers 5 counties: Travis, Williamson, as well as parts of Bastrop, Caldwell • Total / Asian (single race) population (2017): 2,115,827 / 121,922 • % Asian: 5.8% SD / 12-12-2019 Original Strategy • Form subgroups to focus on immigrants from different regions of Asia, e.g., • East Asia,… includes China, Taiwan, Japan and S. Korea • South-East Asia,… includes Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam,… • South Asia,… includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma / Myanmar, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka • Central Asia,… includes Kazakastan, Kyrgizia, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan • West Asia,… Iraq, Iran, Israel, S. Arabia, Turkey, UAE,… • Identify country-specific leaders to focus on immigrants from the country of their origin • Contact leaders of key community organizations to partner in this count • Create flyers in different languages with key dates • Present at organization meetings and cultural / religious events • Provide key dates and deliverables • Resolve concerns and fears and answer questions • Contact Asian businesses to promote census (& for funds) • Advertise on TV, newsprint, and social media • Go door-2-door in remote neighborhoods, as key dates get closer SD / 12-12-2019 Original Strategy : A Cross-cutting Approach Cultural Organizations Religious Institutions Business Enterprises Media (print / TV) & Social Media East Asia Southeast Asia South Asia Central Asia West Asia SD / 12-12-2019 Final Strategy • Contacted leaders of key community organizations to partner in this count • Provided grant funding to community organizations for outreach to related communities • Created flyers in different languages with key dates • Advertised on TV and newsprint • Presented at organization meetings and cultural / religious events, until COVID hit • Provided key dates and deliverables • Resolved concerns and fears and answer questions • Moved MASSIVELY onto social media for community outreach • And this further opened my eyes to the inequities in the city! SD / 12-12-2019 Results: First, the Good News! • Asian population would be the hardest to count among hardest-to-count(HTC) • 2019 Census Bureau prediction: populations • What happened instead: • Asian populations were highest in count nationwide, state-wide, county-wide • Last measured Self-Response Rate (SRR) statistics (10/18/2020): • Austin / Travis County overall: • White (calculated): • Hispanic / Latino: • Black: • Asian: • Williamson County overall: • Asian: 67.2% 70.6% 63.0% 60.2% 72.1% 71.5% 75.1% • This success was due to our heavy emphasis on Social Media Outreach! SD / 12-12-2019 Results: Lowest Performing Tracts First some data! VoteMap GOTC Ad Campaign (08/14 Start): SRR Tracking in Percentages (From Poorest Performing Census Tracts with High Asian Populations in Travis County) County Tract # Location 2010 SRR SRR Reports 7/17/2020 8/14/2020 Net Gain (7/17 - 8/14) 9/11/2020 10/9/2020 9/11) 10/9) Net Gain (8/14 - Net Gain (8/14 - Travis 320 W. of Sunset Valley 321 Sunset Valley 323 S. of Great Hills 341 Great Hills 342 Great Hills 344 Canyon Creek 350 River Place 406 Lamar & Rundberg 407 Lamar & Rundberg 431 Lamar & Rundberg 435 Sprinkle Corner 436 E. of St. John 71.2 67.5 64.5 65.5 72.7 56.4 69.4 55.4 46.5 40.9 65.6 60.4 66.2 65.1 59.9 60.4 58.6 56.4 54.2 70.5 44.4 37.0 34.4 52.0 47.7 61.0 66.9 61.9 62.8 60.4 58.3 57.9 73.3 46.2 38.8 35.7 53.9 49.8 63.1 1.8 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.9 3.7 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.9 2.1 2.1 70.9 65.4 68.0 65.6 63.6 60.9 75.9 49.3 41.4 38.0 57.5 53.3 65.9 72.0 66.6 68.8 66.6 64.3 61.8 76.2 51.3 42.4 39.4 58.5 53.9 67.0 4.0 3.5 5.2 5.2 5.3 3.0 2.6 3.1 2.6 2.3 3.6 3.5 2.8 5.1 4.7 6.0 6.2 6.0 3.9 2.9 5.1 3.6 3.7 4.6 4.1 3.9 County SD / 12-12-2019 Conclusions & Recommendations • Some key conclusions • Tracts off Lamar Blvd & Rundberg Ln are among poorest in CoA where refugees, recent immigrants and undocumented from Asia may be found • Tracts off Lamar & Rundberg Ln had lowest self-response rates (SRR) among tracts with higher Asian populations in Census 2020 • High bandwidth wireless (4G) and broadband (25 Mb / sec. or greater) is spotty, hence social media outreach was less than successful • Proliferation of electronic tools (laptops, notebooks, smartphones) is comparatively low • AISD has made significant effort to ameliorate situation among students • Poorer census response implies less Federal money available that can be directed to this neighborhood to eliminate / mitigate social ills • Possible AAQoL Commission partners to drive CoA to solve above problems • Other QoL commissions, AISD & Dept. of Diversity & Community Engagement (DDCE), Univ. of Texas • Possible AAQoL Commission initiatives • Partner with AISD & DDCE to drive greater outreach into refugee & undocumented community to develop needs-based strategy, such as, enhancing electronic connectivity • Connect with CM Casar’s office & appropriate CoA departments to allocate CoA budget to support above strategy SD / 12-12-2019 Thank You SD / 12-12-2019