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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.
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.
People have been enumerated by race in every United States census since the first one in 1790. [2] Collection of data on race and ethnicity in the United States census has changed over time, including addition of new enumeration categories and changes in definitions of those categories. [2] [3] [4]
When the 2020 census results were released, they showed a boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010. Two Princeton sociologists now say that jump was ...
Measuring Race and Ethnicity Across the Decades: 1790-2010 United States Censuses. The exact terminology of racial groups changes over time. In the United States census, the US Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.
As president, Trump unsuccessfully tried to disqualify people who were in the United States illegally from being included in the 2020 census. Momentum for changing the race and ethnicity ...
Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010. [1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.
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.