A study by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute analyzed information from the Census Bureau over the past two decades and concluded that the number of Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander (also known as "AAPI Latinos") rose from 350,000 to 886,000 in that period. The study also included research from the the 2000 census, as well as 5-year estimates from the American Community Survey on population characteristics for 2010 and 2022.
The population trajectory has its roots in a long history of Latino, Asian, and Pacific Islander citizens interacting while meeting labor demands in the United States. According to the study, AAPI Latinos fall into four different groups:
