Race, ethnicity, education, rural location, and socioeconomic vulnerability impact premature mortality in the United States. Despite increases in life expectancy, discrepancies exist among races ...

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 ...

The US Census Bureau on Race vs. Ethnicity You might wonder why you’re asked about race and ethnicity when you complete the census, medical forms, and job applications.

It’s the Kleenex, dumpster or Speedo of race and ethnicity. However, by listing it as a potential response in 2020, the new census race question may have dragged English out of the background.

When 2020 census results were released more than three years ago, they showed a 276% boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010.

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 ...

The U.S. Census Bureau is asking for public feedback about how it should tally responses from people into new race and ethnicity groups. Earlier this year, the U.S. government changed how it ...

The U.S. standards haven't changed since 1997, when they were created as part of an effort to collect consistent race and ethnicity data across federal agencies when handling censuses.

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill When it comes to race and US elections, ethnicity matters by John Kenneth White, opinion contributor - 09/16/24 10:30 ...