Asian and American Indian Analysis

The Error In New York

This is an analysis of New York State by MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area). MSA 5600, which is found in lines 21-24 represents New York City.

According to the Ancstry1 data field, there are 50,802 people of American Indian ancestry in New York City (the sum of lines 23-24). But line 23 represents misclassified Asian Indians, which are over 50% of the total "American Indians". The genuine American Indians are overcounted by 103%.

There should be 78,888 (the sum of lines 22-23) Asian Indians according to our error correction (which does not cover all cases). But there are only 53,117 Asian Indians according to the Ancstry1 data item. The Asian Indians are undercounted by at least 33%.

PERSON LEVEL SECTION

Line#	MSA	Ancstry1	ModAncstry	Pwgt1	People	PHouseholds
1	160	Other	Other	770333	40534	297822
2	160	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	1780	88	635
3	160	American Indian	Asian Indian	489	23	194
4	160	American Indian	American Indian	5875	315	3899
5	960	Other	Other	210111	11665	81403
6	960	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	270	21	143
7	960	American Indian	Asian Indian	102	4	64
8	960	American Indian	American Indian	2690	171	1967
9	1280	Other	Other	956208	44624	374334
10	1280	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	2339	97	949
Line#	MSA	Ancstry1	ModAncstry	Pwgt1	People	PHouseholds
11	1280	American Indian	Asian Indian	294	15	94
12	1280	American Indian	American Indian	6764	425	3654
13	3610	Other	Other	140109	10538	52485
14	3610	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	80	7	48
15	3610	American Indian	Asian Indian	14	2	9
16	3610	American Indian	American Indian	1166	104	695
17	5380	Other	Other	2590009	133942	853440
18	5380	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	10725	586	3166
19	5380	American Indian	Asian Indian	5569	274	1738
20	5380	American Indian	American Indian	6346	340	3650
Line#	MSA	Ancstry1	ModAncstry	Pwgt1	People	PHouseholds
21	5600	Other	Other	8304671	335476	3185831
22	5600	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	53117	2232	19144
23	5600	American Indian	Asian Indian	25771	1121	9945
24	5600	American Indian	American Indian	25031	960	14478
25	5700	Other	Other	217633	11321	84259
26	5700	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	196	9	98
27	5700	American Indian	Asian Indian	39	2	17
28	5700	American Indian	American Indian	2153	111	1245
29	5950	Other	Other	301112	15468	100911
30	5950	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	478	26	117
Line#	MSA	Ancstry1	ModAncstry	Pwgt1	People	PHouseholds
31	5950	American Indian	Asian Indian	34	2	17
32	5950	American Indian	American Indian	1910	99	1175
33	6840	Other	Other	950149	53943	357527
34	6840	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	1696	88	775
35	6840	American Indian	Asian Indian	448	21	172
36	6840	American Indian	American Indian	7136	457	4683
37	8160	Other	Other	582882	31933	218474
38	8160	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	1303	59	457
39	8160	American Indian	Asian Indian	98	6	31
40	8160	American Indian	American Indian	7203	395	4335
Line#	MSA	Ancstry1	ModAncstry	Pwgt1	People	PHouseholds
41	8680	Other	Other	248292	16316	92056
42	8680	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	368	22	99
43	8680	American Indian	American Indian	2136	145	1416
44	9997	Other	Other	1044867	85860	385125
45	9997	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	1364	83	626
46	9997	American Indian	Asian Indian	283	15	84
47	9997	American Indian	American Indian	17300	1567	10642
48	9998	Other	Other	337300	18012	116391
49	9998	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	1831	94	607
50	9998	American Indian	Asian Indian	558	27	212
Line#	MSA	Ancstry1	ModAncstry	Pwgt1	People	PHouseholds
51	9998	American Indian	American Indian	2151	113	1464
52	9999	Other	Other	1046529	91968	377289
53	9999	Asian Indian	Asian Indian	1055	60	340
54	9999	American Indian	Asian Indian	36	3	13
55	9999	American Indian	American Indian	20871	2001	12731

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