Will Filipinos be classified as Pacific Islanders in 2020?

The Bureau does not actually “classify” or “reclassify”. People basically classify themselves. Here is further clarification copied from a clickable link to the news release you referred to: >> The census asks respondents to “self-identify” their race or origin. read more

Filipinos will not be reclassified in 2020 as Pacific Islanders. The very link you shared is pretty clear about this. “ The Census Bureau has no current plans to classify Filipinos outside of the Asian race category.” In fact, the term “Pacific Islanders” is not even in this statement from the Census Bureau. read more

Filipinos are Asians. Just check the world map and history. If you need further proof, just google the DNA studies conducted in the past 20 years and the Filipino people share the same DNA with Taiwanese, Japanese, etc. read more