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.

Americans are routinely asked to check off boxes about their race and ethnicity, but many say they do not see themselves ...

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

The way the US government classifies race and ethnicity is about to undergo the biggest change in almost 30 years — and that could alter our racial landscape.

A question about race has been on every US Census since the first one in 1790. But not the same question. In response to shifting politics, social attitudes, interest-group pressures, and ...

Following new federal standards and field testing, new questions about sexual orientation, gender, and race and ethnicity will be added to the Census.

The U.S. Census Bureau will have new categories for race and ethnicity for the first time in 27 years, directly affecting people who identify as Hispanic, Latino, Middle Eastern and North African.

In this opinion piece writer Miguel Machado breaks down the issue with The U.S Census Bureau now Making “Latino” a Race to check off.

US census changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity Under the revisions, Hispanic or Latino is listed as one race/ethnicity category and a new one will be created for people of ...

For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who id… ...