The U.S. census asked for more details about people's race and ethnicity in 2020 than ever before. New results show how many responded with identities such as Irish, Jamaican, Arab and Salvadoran.

Census categories for race and ethnicity have shaped how the nation sees itself. Here’s how they have changed over the last 230 years. By K.K. Rebecca Lai and Jennifer Medina Oct. 16, 2023 Since ...

New data also shows how the population of children is going down, while the population of elderly Americans is rising.

The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African, ... What the 2020 census shows us about race and ethnicity in the U.S. right now ...

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.

As president, Trump unsuccessfully tried to disqualify people who were in the United States illegally from being included in the 2020 census. Momentum for changing the race and ethnicity ...

The United States has been collecting race and ethnicity data since the first census in 1790, but in 1977, it produced a policy that mandates a standard classification of collecting, keeping and ...

The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African; Venezuelans were the fastest-growing Hispanic group last decade; ... Census race, ethnicity data detailed.

If you’ve filled out a survey at any point in the last 25 years, chances are you were asked two questions about your race and ethnicity: Whether you are of Hispanic or Latino descent, and then ...

From 2010 and 2020, respondents began checking the "Some Other Race" category 129% more, surpassing the use of the Black or African American category as the United States' second-largest race ...

United States Census Bureau. Historically, ... The latest overhaul would allow more race and ethnicity options for people to describe themselves than the 2020 census did.