Tag: Census 2010

Latinos say new political maps are an improvement over first drafts released in June but still don't reflect big population gains over the past decade.

The unity proposal came in reaction to the new redistricting commission’s first set of maps, which carved up many communities of color, diluting their political power.

There are over 800,000 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California who are eligible for citizenship but haven't been naturalized.

Author Andrew Lam writes that the latest census numbers showing a rise in Asian-Americans points to a larger cultural shift in Bay Area, one that reaches across all races.

Youth of color from the ages of 16 to 24 are one of the hardest to count populations for the Census. De-Bug asked minority youth from high schools to write a letter to their parents as to why it is important to participate in the Census. The following are excerpts of the campaign, accompanied by video coverage of a youth concert by Voto Latino promoting the Census.