Howard Shih

Howard Shih is the Research and Policy Director for the Asian American Federation. Mr. Shih has authored or co-authored a number of reports on Asian Americans, including an analysis of city government funding to social service organizations serving Asian Americans in New York City, Making America Work: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the Workforce and Business, various profiles of Asian Americans in New York City, and The State of Asian American Children 2014. Mr. Shih has also been published two articles in UCLA’s AAPI Nexus Journal, one on poverty among Asian New Yorkers and one as a co-author comparing Asians in the New York and Los Angeles metro areas.

In addition, Mr. Shih is responsible for the Federation’s Census Information Center (CIC), officially designated by the Census Bureau as a repository of Census data for improving data access to underserved communities. The CIC collaborates with Asian American community-based organizations to effectively utilize data to serve and advocate on behalf of their constituents. Mr. Shih also led the Federation’s 2010 Census outreach initiative to encourage Asian Americans to fully participate in the decennial census.

2020 Census, How Did We Do?: Next Steps for New York City and the Asian American Community

By

Howard Shih, Research and Policy Director for the Asian American Federation, will be discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic affected 2020 Census operations, deadlines, outreach by community organizations in hard to count neighborhoods, and where we currently are in the tabulation process. What are the next steps for New York City and the Asian American community after the census numbers have been finally counted?

Read more

2010 Census Hard-To-Count Interactive Map & New York City’s Asian Population

By and

The Census 2010 Hard-To-Count Interactive Map provides a powerful, interactive mapping tool for community groups, local governments, the media, public officials, and others to help boost participation in the 2010 Census. The mapping site not only pinpoints census tracts that the U.S. Census Bureau considers difficult to enumerate, it also displays the detailed demographic and … Read more