The U.S. Census ... The United States' largest statistical agency said in a statement this week to The Associated Press that millions more people reported multiple responses to the race question ...

If you've ever filled out a demographic form (like the US Census), you've probably been asked about your race and ethnicity. You might even wonder exactly what those terms mean and how they differ.

At the genetic level, any two people are more than 99 percent the same as each other, no matter their skin color or ethnic origin. Still, both race ... In the United States, for example, Asian ...

Roughly two millennia later, the United States government will ... the OMB combine the separate race and ethnicity categories into one question for the 2000 Census, and eliminate 'race' as a ...

The U.S. government changed how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity in early 2024 to more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.