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

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 ...

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

The concepts of race, ethnicity and nationality are so intertwined ... For example, take two people born in the United States ...

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 ...

(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 ...