FACT SHEET: Anti‐Asian Prejudice March 2020 – Center for the Study of Hate &Extremism
Anti‐Asian Hate Crime Reported to Police in America’s Largest Cities: 2020
Anti‐Asian Hate Crimes Surge 149%, while overall hate crime Drops 7% in 2020.
CityPopulation
San Diego, CA
1,423,852
Cincinatti, OH
303,954
Chicago, IL
2,693,959
Phoenix, AZ
1,680,988
Denver, CO
727,211
Houston, TX
2,316,797
Washington, DC
705,749
Philadelphia, PA
1,584,064
Cleveland, OH
380,989
Dallas, TX
1,343,565
San Francisco, CA881,549
San Jose, CA
1,021,786
Seattle, WA
753,655
Boston, MA
694,295
Los Angeles, CA
3,979,537
New York City, NY
8,336,817
TOTALS

Total Hate Crimes
2019

Total Hate Crimes
2020% of Change
for Total
Hate Crimes
2019-2020% of Population - AAPI

Percent of Change
Anti-Asian HateCrimes

2019
Anti
Asian

2020
Anti
Asian

30

25-17%

17.2%

-01

41

45

10%

2.3%

-

01

100

81-19%

6.9%

0%

22

156

204

31%

4.2%

50%

2388

71

-19%

3.7%

-03

25

47

88%

6.5%

-03

203

132

-35%

4%

-50%

6335

17-51%

7.5%

200%26116*

NA-

2.4%

200%

263162100%

3.40%-066452

-19%

35.0%

50%

6934

89

162%

38.0%

150%

410114

126

11%

16.9%

33%

912

170

146

-14%

9.7%

133%

614326

355

9%

11.6%

114%

715428

265

-38%

14.5%

833%

328

1845

1717

-7%

N/A

149%

49122

Note: Total Hate Crimes 2019 and Total Hate Crimes 2020 for Cleveland are not included in the Totals for SelectCities in those years. Cleveland is also not included in the percentage of change for Total Hate Crimes in 2019-2020.
Source: Curated Database by CSHE, Drawn from data by policing agencies

Anti-Asian hate crime in 16 of America’s largest cities increased 149% in 2020 according to ananalysis of official preliminary police data by the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at
California State University, San Bernardino, with the first spike occurring in March and April
amidst a rise in COVID cases and negative stereotyping of Asians relating to the pandemic.
In a study to be released later this month entitled Report to the Nation: Anti-Asian Prejudice &Hate Crime, data further indicated that this rise occurred amidst an overall decline in hate crime
likely caused by a lack of interaction at frequent gathering places liked transit, commercial
businesses, schools, events, and houses of worship. In 15 of major U.S. cities, including the 11
largest ones, hate crimes overall declined by 7 precent. This is the first study of police data for2020 across the U.S. Other charts from different datasets from the forthcoming report arepresented herein. The FBI releases its 2020 national hate crime figures in November.

Anti‐Asian Hate Crime Incidents Reported to Police in Select USCities 2019‐2020
30Incidents

2520151050Years20192020

Source: CSHE

Anti‐Asian Hate Crime Incidents
FBI Data (1996‐2019)400350Incidents

300250200150
100500Years (1996‐2019)

Source: FBI/UCR [From 2013‐2019 Asian & Haw./Pac. Islander‐Alaska Native Combined]
FBI Hate Crime: Multi‐Year Trend By GroupFor above table Anti‐Asian does NOT include Pac. Isl./Alaska Native. Source: FBIGoogle Trends Key Word Search: "Ch‐‐a Virus," "Ch‐‐k," "Kung Flu,"& "G‐‐k" Weekly (3/1/20 to 2/21/21)
Number of Searches for Terms

12010080604020"ch‐‐a virus": (United States)

ch‐‐k: (United States)

kung flu: (United States)g‐‐k: (United States)

Weeks

Source: CSHE/Google Trends Searchable Database (2021)

Source: Schild, Leonard, et al. “‘Go eat a bat, Chang!’: An Early Look on the Emergence of Sinophobic Behavior on
Web Communities in the Face of COVID‐19.” CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Boston University,
Binghamton University, Max Plank Institute for Informatics. pp 3‐4. 8 April 2020/Sage Publications

2/14/2021

1/31/2021

1/17/2021

1/3/2021

12/20/2020

12/6/2020

11/22/2020

11/8/2020

10/25/2020

10/11/2020

9/27/2020

9/13/2020

8/30/2020

8/16/2020

8/2/2020

7/19/2020

7/5/2020

6/21/2020

6/7/2020

5/24/2020

5/10/2020

4/26/2020

4/12/2020

3/29/2020

3/15/2020

3/1/2020

0New Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos Poll

Beliefs about Who is Responsible for the Coronavirus
by Political Affiliation
April 28, 2020
Percentage of Sample Who Believe the Statement

160%
140%
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%

Political Affiliation
Republican (N=215)

Democrat (N=36)

Independent (N=35)

Source: New Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos Poll (April 28, 2020)

If you were out in public, how concerned would you be about coming close tosomeone who is of Asian ancestry?
Total
Republican
Democrat
Very concerned
7%7%7%
Somewhat concerned
17%
20%
17%
Not very concerned
35%
41%
31%
Not at all concerned
41%
33%
46%
Source: New Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos Poll (April 28, 2020)

Independent
10%
11%
37%
42%

Percentage of Sample Who Have a Specific Feeling

New Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos Poll

Beliefs about Coming Close to Someone of Asian
Ancestry in Public by Political Affiliation
April 28, 2020
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%5%0%
Very concerned

Somewhat concerned

Not very concerned

Not at all concerned

Political Affiliation
RepublicanDemocrat

IndependentSource: New Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos Poll (April 28, 2020)

STOP AAPI Hate: Anti‐Asian Hate Victimization Reporting Portal

PREJUDICE INCIDENTS TARGETING U.S. AAPI POPULATIONSMARCH 19 ‐ DECEMBER 31, 2020
Shunning or
Avoidance
20%

Physical Assault
8%
Coughing/Spitting
6%

Verbal Harrassment
66%

Note: It should be noted that spitting on someone is considered a type of assault.
Source: Stop AAPI Hate (February 9, 2021) Source: https://stopaapihate.org

The 14% of incidents from STOP AAPI hate that are from assaults and spitting are crimes
totaling approx. 392. The most Anti‐Asian hate crimes reported in one year was 355 in 1996.

Verbal harassment can also be a hate crime when it is in the form of an actionable threat, as
opposed to mere offensiveness.

PREJUDICE INCIDENTS TARGETING U.S. AAPIPOPULATIONS BY VICTIM ETHNICITYMARCH 19 ‐ DECEMBER 31, 2020

Other Ethnicities
29%
Chinese41%

Filipinos
7%Vietnamese
8%

Koreans
15%
Source: Stop AAPI Hate (February 9, 2021) https://stopaapihate.org

Prejudice Incidents Targeting U.S. AAPI Populations, By Place
MARCH 19 ‐ DECEMBER 31, 2020
Washington
7%

Illinois
4%

New York City
20%

California
69%

California

Source: Stop AAPI Hate (February 9, 2021)

New York City

Washington

Illinois

Source: American Community Survey 2019

Resources for More on AAPI Prejudice:
Stop AAPI Hate ‐ https://stopaapihate.org/
Asian Americans Advancing Justice ‐‐ https://www.advancingjustice‐aajc.org/