Author: AAPI Data|SurveyMonkey

Year:  2/21/2023-2/28/2023

Questionnaire topics related to hate:

  • Experiences with hate crimes and/or incidents
  • Comfortability of reporting a hate crime
  • Confidence in justice system after hate crime report
  • Concerns about hate crime victimization

Method: Online survey, sample weighted to reflect national demographics

Sample size: 19,686 adults (including 2,363 AAs and 239 NHPIs)

Population: All race categories; national

Languages supported: English

Summary of findings: Nearly one in four (23%) NHPI, 26% of Black, and 28% of Native American/Alaska Native Americans have ever been a victim of a hate crime, compared with 17% of white, and 19% of Hispanic or Latino and Asian Americans. Only 29% of Asian Americans and 37% of NHPIs feel “very comfortable” in reporting hate crimes to law enforcement authorities compared to 49% of Black and Hispanic or Latino Americans. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Americans experience some of the highest levels of hate crimes across racial groups, with 10% of NHPIs and 6% of Asian Americans having experienced physical violence based on their race or ethnicity in the last 12 months.