The Census always makes makes me think of all the undocumented responses that may affect the study.  I have heard of workshops in which community organizations arrange for citizens to fill a census form, but in isolated areas, there surely are not enough of these organizers.  A statistic that reflects the undocumented demographic is in the bar graph, dating from 1970-2011.  The majority of the foreign-born population in 1970 are European while in 2011, the Latin America and Asian American foreign-born population has significantly increased in New York.  After the mid 1960s, an act actually opened up immigration from the Asian continent, bringing in an influx of Asian migrants.  However, Asian immigrants around this time did not believe in the efficiency or utility of state or federal government and would possibly not want to volunteer personal information.  This discrepancy may point to the activity of community organizations and their objectives over time.  Community organizations would remind citizens that the greater representation of a demographic, the more likely politicians and policies will try to benefit them.

Other statistics made me think of geographic stratification.  Although foreign-born Mexican Americans were 28.2 percent of the population, where would they be geographically?  And what would this say about their general visibility?