How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

Quyen Dinh didn’t even remember that, in 2024, she was selected as one of 23 appointees to the Census 2030 Advisory Committee ...

President Biden Joe Biden speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 reception at the White House. Just who counts as 'Hispanic' in the U.S. is an open question. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via ...

New data released by the United States Census Bureau Thursday showed that the country's Asian population grew the fastest in the past year, while the white population became the racial group to ...

US Department of Agriculture data reveals most recipients are white, US-born citizens, followed by minorities.

More than 68 million people in the United States identify as ethnically Hispanic, making it one the nation’s fastest growing racial or ethnic groups ...

Born Equal: Eliminating Ethnicity and Race from Birth Certificates This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...

What Asian American studies and narrative theory can do for each other / Sue J. Kim -- Narrative form, ideal readerships, and Oscar "Zeta" Acosta's The Autobiography of a brown buffalo / Christopher ...

Race and ethnic data is missing in over 50% of cases federally reported. A hard look at COVID-19 racial data by the nation’s top public health experts and epidemiologists revealed a harrowing truth: ...

Lindsay Allen ([email protected]), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Joshua C. Black, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado. Carlton M. Kelly, Northwestern University.