AAPIs in Poverty are Disproportionately Concentrated in COVID-19 Hot Spots
The majority of all AAPIs in poverty live in a COVID-19 Hot Spot
- Over 1.2 million AAPIs in poverty live in the 30 metropolitan1 areas with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases;
Poverty Data from US Census, 2018 1-year American Community Survey
1 As of 1/22/21, the 30 MSAs with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases are: 1. New York City, 2. Los Angeles, 3. Chicago, 4. Dallas, 5. Miami, 6. Riverside, 7. Phoenix, 8. Houston, 9. Atlanta, 10. Philadelphia, 11. DC, 12. Boston, 13. Twin Cities, 14. Detroit, 15. St. Louis, 16. San Diego, 17. Nashville, 18. Las Vegas, 19. Denver, 20. San Francisco. 21. Charlotte, 22. Tampa, 23. San Antonio, 24. Indianapolis, 25. Orlando, 26. Cincinnati, 27. Milwaukee, 28. Columbus, 29. Kansas City, 30. Baltimore; per https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html.