September Deadline: Iranian Americans Can Still Be Counted in the U.S. Census
Society and Politics News Blog, Kodoom.com
According to the United States Census Bureau, less than 300,000 people of Iranian ancestry live in the United States, far fewer than 1.2 million, the often-estimated population of Iranian Americans. This means Iranians receive a "weak minority" designation when it comes to political influence and various services (Funding or slots for Federal, local, academic opportunities or programs).
In 2010, only a total of 289,465 responded to the question of race on the Census forms by marking “x” in the “Some Other Race” box and wrote Iranian/Persian (news link). Now, Iranian Americans have a chance to correct the problem in the 2020 Census which will end this month. If you would like to be counted as an Iranian, in your response to question number 9 mark [X] any single Race box that you most identify with, and make sure you write-in “IRANIAN” in the text-box below it.
In 2010, the majority of the write-in responses from Iranians came from California (157,225), while Texas (20,440) and New York (12,095) received the second and third highest write-in responses. Other states with large population of Iranians (in order): Virginia (11800), Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Washington, Illinois, Arizona, New Jersey, and Massachusetts (3900).
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