Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 1, 1 January 2011 — A VISIT TO THE CENSUS BUREAU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A VISIT TO THE CENSUS BUREAU

OHA Research Director Kamana'opono Crabbe, second from right, and OHA Lead Researcher for Demography Mark Eshima, second from left, met with U.S. Census Bureau representatives in Suitland, Maryland, Dec. 9 to discuss 201 1 census data products for the year to align with OHA's Research Line of Business. In particular, census officials presented data on the Native Hawaiian populahon from the American Community Survey and Census 2000. OHA agreed to continue collaborating with the bureau to improve data gathering on Native Hawaiians in Hawai'i as well as on the continent. Pictured from left are: Nicholas Jones, Chief of Racial Statistics Branch, U.S. Census Bureau; Mark Eshima; Jeri Green, Committee Liaison 0fficer, Departmentof Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau; Kamana'opono Crabbe; and Tom Loo, Race and Ethnic Advisory Committees Coordinator, Census Advisory Committee 0ffice, U.S. Census Bureau. - Photo: Courtesy of īom Loo