Some Afro Latinos feel that combining the race and ethnicity question will reduce their numbers and representation in the data, though previous research by the U.S. Census Bureau did not find ...

If you’ve filled out a survey at any point in the last 25 years, chances are you were asked two questions about your race and ethnicity: Whether you are of Hispanic or Latino descent, and then ...

In the 2020 census, “some other race” was the second-largest racial group with 49.9 million people opting for it.

According to the U.S. Census, which recorded its most detailed race and ethnicity data in 2020, America has 3.5 million Middle Eastern or North African residents.

The revisions to the minimum categories on race and ethnicity, announced Thursday by the Office of Management and Budget, are the latest effort to label and define the people of the United States.

US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It’s the first revision in 27 years. By MIKE SCHNEIDER The Associated Press,Updated March 28, 2024, 12:29 p.m.

U.S. Census Bureau officials said Friday they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnicity questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category to the 2030 ...

The United States has been collecting race and ethnicity data since the first census in 1790, but in 1977, it produced a policy that mandates a standard classification of collecting, keeping and ...

Census race, ethnicity data detailed 3.5 million U.S. residents identify as Middle Eastern or North African in 2020 September 22, 2023 at 4:27 a.m. by MIKE SCHNEIDER The Associated Press ...

The census bureau does not consider Hispanic a race but rather an ethnicity. Question 9 on the U.S. census in 2010 asks people what their race is and has five main categories from which to choose.