The census might drop some or all of the six large panethnic categories that now define what everyone calls “the race question,” and count instead those inhabitants who identify with descent ...

The 2020 U.S. Census has finally released its most detailed findings on America's race and ethnicity. Venezuelans were recorded as the fastest-growing Hispanic group, and Asian Indians and Chinese ...

(Photo illustration by Diana Ramirez / De Los; photos by Luis Quintero, Cotton Bro Studios and Yogendra Singh) The U.S. Census Bureau will have new categories for race and ethnicity for the first time ...

Is ancestry history? The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person’s ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying it may duplicate a newly-revised race question ...

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From the very first census in 1790, the United States has measured race – but rarely in the same way or without controversy. Categories such as “free white males,” “free white females,” “all other ...

FILE - Residents have begun receiving the U.S. Census Bureau's request for information receiving letters with a census identification number to answer questions about their households online. U.S.

Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page highlights the problems with relying on a race-classification system created in a different era. Suggested Reading Black Woman Allegedly Forced to Give Birth In ...

As the preliminary 2020 census results continue to trickle out, one statistic may be surprising. The numbers are certain to show that the second-largest racial category in the United States is “other, ...

On Thursday the U.S. Census Bureau released the local level results of its decennial survey. Because these data are used to draw maps for the House of Representatives and state legislatures, the ...

FILE - An envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident sits on a desk on on April 5, 2020, in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a ...

A new portrait of the racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. is set to be unveiled Thursday when the Census Bureau releases the largest trove of results from the 2020 count so far. The basic demographic ...