The State of Anti-AA/PI Hate in California

Still Under Fire, Relentless Racisms against Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders in a Heated Election Year summarizes key findings from a survey and shares accounts of hate acts reported to Stop AAPI Hate’s reporting center that occurred in 2024. They found Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders nationwide were caught in the political crossfire in 2024 amid a contentious general election cycle rife with racist, xenophobic rhetoric from Trump and his loyalists. 

Source: Stop AAPI Hate (June 2025)

STAATUS INDEX 2025 Attitudes towards Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

A survey of 4,909 Americans across the country uncovered the most pressing issues AANHPIs are facing today.

The STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the United States) is the leading annual survey on how Americans view AANHPIs. It is the only multi-year, nationally representative study to collect data on the perspectives of other racial groups about AANHPIs.

Source: The Asian American Foundation (2025)

US Census Bureau Webinar - AANHPI by the Numbers

The State of California Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications hosted a US Census Bureau virtual, how-to workshop on accessing 2020 census data on Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders.

Census data is critical for understanding the AANHPI population, characteristics and trends for planning, resource allocation, political representation and policy making.

Source: Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications (2024)

A Community Survey Profile of AANHPI in Sacramento County

Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Americans represented almost a quarter of the people living in Sacramento. From 2011 to 2015, this population included more than 102,000 Asian Americans (alone or in combination), making up approximately one in five Sacramento city residents (21.3%). Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (alone or in combination) made up 2.6 percent of the population in Sacramento in 2015 (consisting of approximately 12,000 individuals who self-identified with this group).

Source: CSU Sacramento