{"id":27643,"date":"2020-08-27T11:44:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=27643"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:44:26","slug":"rep-cisneros-encourages-aapi-community-census-participation-in-census-bureaus-2020-census-asian-week-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=27643","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Cisneros Encourages AAPI Community Census Participation in Census Bureau\u2019s 2020 Census Asian Week of Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>FULLERTON, CA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; This week, Representative Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39) joined the U.S. Census Bureau during its 2020 Census Asian Week of Action to encourage the AAPI Community to participate in the census. It can be filled out by mail, phone, or online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2020census.gov\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/2020census.gov\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598636334403000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZf84-vLV0X2ljw-GJjB9bduVj9Q\">https:\/\/2020census.gov\/<\/a>\u00a0and in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-kits\/2020\/2020-non-english-language-support.html\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-kits\/2020\/2020-non-english-language-support.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598636334403000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFXTeekD5CQHV3Q9gX-Slc8kSocqg\">13 different languages<\/a>, including English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. The Census Bureau will also provide additional materials for the 59 non-English languages supported by the 2020 Census.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have a little bit more than a month left till we reach the census deadline. While the 39th District has a higher self-response rate than the state, I know we can do better. It\u2019s especially important for our AAPI, Latino, and Black communities to participate in the Census, because they\u2019ve been historically undercounted,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Rep. Cisneros.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m proud to join the U.S. Census Bureau in its 2020 Census Asian Week of Action and encouraging the AAPI community to fill out the census. Every person\u2019s participation will affect our community for the next 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of August 25th, the 39th\u2019s District\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2020census.gov\/en\/response-rates.html\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/2020census.gov\/en\/response-rates.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598636334403000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJetgXFQQ4mpjNLeQqOOEbQ86jIQ\">self-response rate<\/a>\u00a0is 75.9 percent, nine points higher than the state\u2019s self-response rate (66.7 percent). However, several communities in the 39th with a larger AAPI population are below the district and state\u2019s average:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>City of Industry\/Rowland Heights = 36.9%<\/li>\n<li>Between Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights = 65.7%<\/li>\n<li>Rowland Heights = 57.9%<\/li>\n<li>West La Habra Heights = 60.5%<\/li>\n<li>Placentia = 53.2%<\/li>\n<li>South Fullerton = 61.6%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-kits\/2020\/2020-non-english-language-support.html\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-kits\/2020\/2020-non-english-language-support.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598636334403000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFXTeekD5CQHV3Q9gX-Slc8kSocqg\"><strong>Phone Support<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beginning March 12, the Census Bureau will offer live, non-English help by phone between 7 a.m. \u2013 2 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are phone numbers for help in specified languages:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>English: 844-330-2020<\/li>\n<li>Spanish: 844-468-2020<\/li>\n<li>Chinese (Mandarin): 844-391-2020<\/li>\n<li>Chinese (Cantonese): 844-398-2020<\/li>\n<li>Japanese: 844-460-2020<\/li>\n<li>Korean: 844-392-2020<\/li>\n<li>Tagalog: 844-478-2020<\/li>\n<li>Vietnamese: 844-461-2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telephone Display Device (TDD): 844-467-2020 will also be available for people who have hearing impairments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FULLERTON, CA\u00a0&#8211; This week, Representative Gilbert&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27643"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27645,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27643\/revisions\/27645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}