The U.S. Census Bureau and a growing number of states are starting to gather more detailed information about Americans’ race ...

The U.S. Census Bureau currently is getting public feedback about how it should tally responses from people into new race and ...

The U.S. Census' new question combining race and ethnicity will allow respondents ... of the Black or African American category as the United States' second-largest race, according to the U.S ...

The quest for legibility has an especially troubling history in the United States. From the very first census in 1790, the national government began sorting residents by race. Distinctions between ...

U.S. Census Bureau data on employment status by race and ethnicity reveals gaps between ... is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology ...

As the US Census Bureau gets public feedback about how it should tally people into new race and ethnicity groups the agency has released new resear ...

Roughly two millennia later, the United ... their race and ethnicity. These terms mean different things to different people (see box for selected dictionary definitions). The Census Bureau does ...

Still, both race, which describes one’s physical characteristics, and ethnicity, which encompasses ... Yes. In the United States, for example, Asian Americans have often been considered, and ...

Our findings underscore the desirability of conducting separate analyses by race/ethnicity wherever possible ... 1533-8525.1986.tb00279.x. United States Census Bureau (2014). Educational attainment in ...

The U.S. Census Bureau and a growing number of states are starting to gather more detailed information about Americans’ race and ethnicity, a change some advocates of the process say will allow ...