Author: AAPI Data|SurveyMonkey

Year: 4/22/2024-4/28/2024

Questionnaire topics related to hate:

  • Experiences with hate crimes
  • Comfortability of reporting a hate crime
  • Confidence in justice system after hate crime report

Method: Online survey, sample weighted to reflect national demographics 

Sample size: 22,891 adults (including 2,303 AAs and 221 NHPIs) 

Population: All race categories; national

Languages supported: English

Summary of findings: American Indians or Alaskan Natives and multi-racial Americans remain most likely among all racial groups to be a victim of a hate crime, with three in ten (29%) reporting that they or their property have experienced physical assault or threats of physical assault. About one in five Blacks (22%), Asians (21%), Hispanics or Latinos (18%), and NHPIs (21%) have ever experienced a hate crime, while incidents of racial hate crimes are much lower among white Americans (14%). Asian Americans continue to be less comfortable than other racial groups in reporting a hate crime with law enforcement authorities, with 31% saying they would be ‘very comfortable’ in reporting a hate crime, compared with 42% of American Indian or Alaskan Natives, 48% of Black or African Americans, 46% of Hispanics or Latinos, 40% of Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders, and 52% of white Americans.