Count Native Hawaiians Separately

Treat Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders as a distinct demographic category in U.S. data and reporting rather than subsuming them under a broad Asian/Pacific label. Pew’s analysis, using Census population estimates and the 2024 American Community Survey, shows about 1.7 million people identify as NHPI and that their social, economic and political profiles differ in ways relevant to policy and services. — Separating NHPI in public datasets changes who is visible to policymakers and can shift resource allocation, health research priorities, and political representation.