Tag: census
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Coalition aims for accurate count of Minnesota’s Asian population
Asians in Minnesota represent 40 nations, including some of the fastest growing groups across the country. State officials say Hmong and Karen populations have doubled since the last census count. The … Read Full Article
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2020 Census questionnaire will not be in Hmong or Somali
MINNEAPOLIS — UPDATE: The Census Bureau provided this additional information about the language availability for the 2020 Census: The Census questionnaire available online and by phone will be offered … Read Full Article
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Digital Dive: 2020 census will not include Hmong and Somali languages
Both Minneapolis and Minnesota are working to ensure both languages are covered in their materials that they will be handing out locally. Read Full Article
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2020 Census will not have informational material in Hmong or Somali
MINNEAPOLIS — Ever since 1790, the U.S. has been conducting the decennial census. That means next year, in 2020, the census will be handed out and available to every household in the country. However, … Read Full Article
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Pacific Islander community in Sacramento organizing its own outreach for Census 2020
Cha Vang, executive director of Hmong Innovating Politics and a Sacramento County community complete count committee member representing AAPI, said the statewide outreach has caused confusion within … Read Full Article
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Minnesota nonprofit studies attitudes in Muslim community over census
The census form offers people space to specify identity under each race category, whether it’d be Hmong, Pakistani or Laotian. A diverse Muslim population could suffer from lack of participation after … Read Full Article
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Yuba-Sutter wants nobody left uncounted in 2020 census
Stranix said that the coordinator will work with community buildings and libraries to coordinate kiosks where people can take the census, as well as work with translators to make the census available … Read Full Article
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Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Urging Census Bureau to Provide Language Support for Southeast Asian Community
Approximately a third of Khmer, Hmong, and Lao households are limited-English proficient Washington (July 8, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations … Read Full Article
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Friday news 20190628: G20 summit, US census, Australia’s aids for Lao UXO clearance
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Census seeking bilingual workers to ensure Twin Cities immigrants make the count
“We know the census will not be translated into Oromo, Somali and Hmong, three of the largest immigrant populations in the Twin Cities, and we want to make sure there are bilingual speakers on the … Read Full Article
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Gov. Tim Walz kicks off year-long effort to ensure full 2020 census count
X.P. Lee of the Hmong Census Network is helping Brooklyn Center prepare for the census and urged the state’s 70,000 Hmong residents to participate. “Don’t let anybody scare you away. … Fill out that … Read Full Article
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Billions of dollars, house seat on the line for Minnesota in 2020 Census
“No matter what the decision is, the fear, the hesitation is already there,” said Xiongpao Lee with the Hmong American Census Network. “That’s what we’re dealing with” President Donald Trump … Read Full Article
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Effort to ensure full 2020 census count begins
Xiongpao Lee of the Hmong Census Network urged the state’s 70,000 Hmong residents to participate. “Don’t let anybody scare you away. … Fill out that form,” said Lee, a member of the statewide Complete … Read Full Article
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People of Hmong descent a growing force in Minnesota politics
Minnesota has one of the largest Hmong communities in the United States. Migration started in the 1970s and census data shows that more than 85,000 Hmong people live in Minnesota. At the state Legisla… Read Full Article
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For Asian Americans in the Midwest, the census is a new — and difficult — challenge
Pradhan said those of Hmong, Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese descent were among the first refugee groups to settle in Iowa. In the last decade, refugees from Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Bhutan have … Read Full Article
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Minnesota has a lot on the line in 2020 census
Azurdia-Lee said. “Putting that in there is just going to set us back.” In Minnesota’s Hmong community, the focus is on stressing the importance of a complete count. Xiongpao Lee, lead organizer with … Read Full Article
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‘A tremendous undertaking’: Minnesotans prepare for 2020 census
Azurdia-Lee said. “Putting that in there is just going to set us back.” In Minnesota’s Hmong community, the focus is on stressing the importance of a complete count. Xiongpao Lee, lead organizer with … Read Full Article