The U.S. Census Bureau and a growing number of states are starting to gather more detailed information about Americans’ race ...

As the U.S. Census Bureau gets public feedback about how it should tally people into new race and ethnicity groups, the agency has released new research reflecting how U.S. residents from ...

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 ...

The quest for legibility has an especially troubling history in the United States. From the very first census in 1790, the national government began sorting residents by race. Distinctions between ...

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 ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has released new population data showing how much the nation and world has grown over the last year.

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

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 ...

Now Mahdesian and others of mixed race may gain a ... of mixed-race people in the United States. Between 1960 and 1990, the number of interracial married couples ballooned from 150,000 to more than ...

(Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) 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 ...