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Clearer questions pertaining to sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity are one step closer to appearing on the U.S. Census.. Following new categorizing standards set by the ...
A Middle Eastern and North African category will be added to the choices available for questions about race and ethnicity. People descended from places such as Lebanon, Iran, Egypt and Syria had ...
The notice states that a combined question format on race/ethnicity “results in higher quality and more useful data” and that the office is prioritizing research into how to encourage the ...
Subsequently, the Census Bureau adhered to the 1997 OMB standards and thus used two separate questions to collect data on race and ethnicity. However, there were improvements in the phrasing of the race and ethnicity questions within the OMB guidelines, that would enhance clarity for respondents.
The 2011 Canadian census did not ask about race and ethnicity, [159] but the new voluntary National Household Survey (NHS) for that year did ask about race and ethnicity (as well as many other questions that were previously asked on the Canadian census). [160]
On March 28, 2024, the Bureau announced the following modifications to questions on race and ethnicity: consolidate the race and ethnicity questions into one question, with Hispanic or Latino considered as a minimum category; add Middle Eastern or North African as a new minimum category; require the collection of additional details beyond the ...
The Office of Management and Budget announced Thursday changes to how the federal government asks about people’s race and ethnicity, including in the US Census.
Hispanic origin is independent of race and is termed "ethnicity" by the United States Census Bureau. On the 2020 United States census , 20.3% of Hispanics selected "White" as their race. This marked a large drop when compared to the 2010 United States census in which 53.0% of Hispanics identified as "White". [ 80 ]