AANHPI Community Comments on OMB Revised Standards Proposal

The undersigned 58 organizations, representing a diverse spectrum of [state and local advocacy and direct services] organizations welcome the opportunity to submit comments on the initial proposals for updating OMB's Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards. As the nation continues to rapidly diversify, government agencies can best understand, and effectively address, the needs of diverse communities through accurate and standardized race and ethnicity data collection and reporting. Ensuring strong federal data collection and reporting standards are particularly important for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs). According to the 2020 Census, these groups comprise of almost 24 million people who can trace their heritage to more than 50 different countries and who speak over 100 different languages. The federal government is often the primary source of detailed, disaggregated data on these communities