#2020 census

Recent US Census data reveals that the continental US now houses more Native Hawaiians than the state of Hawaiʻi, confirming prior demographic predictions.

The Kālaimoku Group, a Native Hawaiian-owned marketing agency based in Honolulu, was awarded a Gold Effie in the Government/Public Service category last week in New York City for its “2020 Census Campaign.”

The senators say delays in census operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a severe undercount of the population, specifically in native, minority and rural communities across the country.

The The Kālaimoku Group is hosting a virtual concert as a call to all Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders to complete the 2020 Census. The hour-long production will feature five of Hawaiʻi’s top musicians and entertainers, including Henry Kapono and Friends, Kapena, Barry Flanagan, and Grammy Award nominees Josh Tatofi and Kimié Miner.

County officials say each response brings more than $1,500 back to Maui, Lānaʻi and Molakaʻi. “The funds will help us strengthen our County’s Head Start program; schools; Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc.; Medicaid; roads and other infrastructure; and public housing,” said Mayor Victorino.

Sen. Schatz introduced the ‘Census IDEA Act’, a piece of legislation that aims to improve and ensure the accuracy of the 2020 census.

Census jobs in Hawaiʻi include work-at-home positions starting at $18 per hour.

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) led a group of 17 senators in demanding more answers from Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross about where the proposal of a citizenship question for the upcoming 2020 Census originated and what factors played into its inclusion.

US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) led a bicameral group of over 120 current and former members of Congress on an amicus brief to stop the Trump Administration from including an untested citizenship question in the 2020 census.