Questions about race and ethnicity that previously were asked separately on forms will now be combined into a single question. That will give respondents the option to pick multiple categories at the ...

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

As the US Census Bureau gets public feedback about how it should tally people into new race and ethnicity groups the agency has released new resear ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has introduced significant updates to how federal surveys address questions about race ... census will count residents of the United States ...

Roughly two millennia later, the United ... their race and ethnicity. These terms mean different things to different people (see box for selected dictionary definitions). The Census Bureau does ...

(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 ...