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These 2020 census results break down people's race and ethnicity into details
offers a nuanced look at the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States. Forms for that last U.S. census not only let people check off multiple boxes to answer the race question but also ...
PBS1y
What the 2020 census shows us about race and ethnicity in the U.S. right now
The most detailed race and ethnicity data to date from the 2020 census was released Thursday more than three years after the once-a-decade head count, which determines political power, the ...
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An American Puzzle: Fitting Race in a Box
Census categories for race and ethnicity have shaped how ... reshaping the ever-changing views of racial and ethnic identity in the United States. Over the centuries, the census has evolved ...
Los Angeles Times1y
The Census is changing its categories on race and ethnicity. Here’s what that means for Latinos
The U.S. Census Bureau will have new categories for race and ethnicity for the first time ... but the new approach will give us more detailed data about Latinos in terms of their origin ...
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U.S. Census changes how it identifies people by race and ethnicity, creates Middle Eastern category for first time
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 ...
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US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, the first revision in 27 years
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 ...
USA Today6mon
Gender identity question, ethnicity option among new additions being added to US Census
The U.S. Census' new question combining race and ethnicity will allow respondents ... of the Black or African American category as the United States' second-largest race, according to the U.S ...
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US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity
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 Forward2y
Proposed US census categories on race and ethnicity leave some Jews in a confusing place
The leader of an advocacy group for Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews is worried that a major change to how the United States ... race and ethnicity. The changes would affect how data is collected in the ...
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Facts about Vietnamese in the U.S.
An estimated 2.3 million people in the United States identified as Vietnamese in 2023, according to estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau. 1 Vietnamese Americans are the fourth-largest Asian ...
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US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It’s the first revision in 27 years
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 ...
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US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years
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 ...