Roughly two millennia later, the United States government will ... the OMB combine the separate race and ethnicity categories into one question for the 2000 Census, and eliminate 'race' as a ...

The U.S. Census ... The United States' largest statistical agency said in a statement this week to The Associated Press that millions more people reported multiple responses to the race question ...

“So the 2020 census produced a sudden jump in the multiracial count and a precipitous decline in the count of the white ...

The U.S. government changed how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity in early 2024 to more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.

At the genetic level, any two people are more than 99 percent the same as each other, no matter their skin color or ethnic origin. Still, both race ... In the United States, for example, Asian ...

If you've ever filled out a demographic form (like the US Census), you've probably been asked about your race and ethnicity. You might even wonder exactly what those terms mean and how they differ.

The decision to capitalize racial and ethnic group names is not merely a matter of editorial style—it has real consequences ...

OBJECTIVE We investigate whether maternal education–infant mortality gradients vary by race/ethnicity and nativity among infants born to mothers in the United States. METHODS We use data from the 1998 ...