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The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, the 5 populated U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by race/ethnicity. It includes a sortable table of population by race /ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category.
The United States Census has race and ethnicity as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1997. [2] The following median household income data are retrieved from American Community Survey 2021 1-year estimates. In this survey, the nationwide population was 331,893,745 in 2021. [3]
Under the law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, [128] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased, [129] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007. [130] Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s. [131]
These efforts aim to improve federal race and ethnicity statistics and ensure data more accurately reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the U.S. population,” the agency said.
The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census , was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census , [ 1 ] this was the first U.S. census to offer options to respond online or by phone, in addition to the paper response form used for previous censuses.
This is a list of U.S. states by Non-Hispanic whites population. The United States Census Bureau defines non-Hispanic white as white Americans who are not of Hispanic or Latino ancestry (i.e., having ancestry from Spain or Latin America). [1] At 191.6 million in 2020, non-Hispanic whites comprise 57.8% of the total U.S. population. [2] [3]
The first federal standards on race and ethnicity were produced in 1977 to provide consistent data across agencies and come up with figures that could help enforce civil rights laws.