Respondents can choose multiple categories from that list. The congressionally mandated “some other race” category would also continue for the decennial census and ACS.

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… ...

Put another way, race and ethnicity are social and political constructs. Still, they carry enormous consequences in the US, Jiménez and other scholars say. Here’s how to make sense of them.

If it seems like the distinctions between race and ethnicity are confusing, unsatisfying or unclear, you’re onto something.

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.

The Biden administration is seeking to change how the U.S. Census collects race and ethnicity data.

Another important finding of the study is that immigrants’ presence in the U.S. labor force is slipping. At the start of this ...

The federal government's standards haven't been changed since 1997, two decades after they were created as part of an effort to collect consistent race and ethnicity data across federal agencies ...