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  2. Minority group - Wikipedia

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    The term "minority group" has different usages, depending on the context.According to its common usage, the term minority group can simply be understood in terms of demographic sizes within a population: i.e. a group in society with the least number of individuals, or less than half, is a "minority".

  3. Race and ethnicity in the United States - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Majority minority in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2011, minority births (children under age 1) are the majority among births nationwide. [10] As of 2017, minority children comprise the majority among children in fourteen states: the six that are already majority-minority, plus the following eight: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, Delaware, Alaska, New York, and Mississippi. [11]

  5. Race and ethnicity in the United States census - Wikipedia

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    The improvements are part of a larger effort reviewing the 1997 OMB guidelines, specifically to move MENA from under the White racial category into a new label. An OMB working group officially recommended a new MENA category in 2023 based on public feedback going back to 2015 and "plans to make final decisions on revisions by Summer 2024".

  6. 26 small business grants for minorities - AOL

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    Minority-owned businesses make up about half of all the new businesses created in the last decade. According to the 2022 Annual Business Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau, 1.2 million or 21 ...

  7. Racial and ethnic misclassification in the United States

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    The United States census officially recognizes five racial categories: White, Black or African American, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and Two or More Races. The term 'racial misclassification' is commonly used in academic research on this topic but can also refer to incorrect assumptions ...

  8. Cal State lumps minority groups into one category. Here ... - AOL

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    Here’s the latest from The Fresno Bee’s Education Lab.

  9. Minority - Wikipedia

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    Minority group, a category of people differentiated from the social majority (e.g. ethnic minority) Sexual minority , a group whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differ from the majority of society