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 Census Bureau recently released its most detailed demographic data on people in the U.S., including information on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Questions about sexual orientation, gender identity, and changes to queries about race and ethnicity are on track to be asked ...

The identity of America’s largest ethnic group has long seemed cut and dried. But new data is challenging the conventional wisdom.

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 ...

A roundup of answers reveals a community grappling with what it means to announce one’s Jewishness today, and to consider the paths that have brought American Jews to the present day. WASHINGTON ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has introduced significant updates to how federal surveys address questions about race ... census will count residents of the United States ...