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

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    The Interagency Committee agreed, stating that "race" and "ethnicity" were not sufficiently defined and "that many respondents conceptualize 'race' and 'ethnicity' as one and the same underscor[ing] the need to consolidate these terms into one category, using a term that is more meaningful to the American people." [5] The AAA also stated:

  3. Hispanic and Latino Americans - Wikipedia

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    As a result of their racial diversity, Hispanics form an ethnicity sharing a language and cultural heritage, rather than a race. 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.

  4. Will choosing Hispanic as a 'race' on the census do a better ...

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    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 ...

  5. Hispanic and Latino (ethnic categories) - Wikipedia

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    The term Hispanic has been the source of several debates in the United States. Within the United States, the term originally referred typically to the Hispanos of New Mexico until the U.S. government used it in the 1970 Census to refer to "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race."

  6. 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.

  7. Here's the Important Difference Between Hispanic, Latino and ...

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    The word Spanish refers to both a language and a nationality. A common mistake is calling a Spanish-speaking person Spanish. A person who speaks Spanish is Hispanic.

  8. Race and ethnicity in censuses - Wikipedia

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    Many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by race, ethnicity, nationality, or a combination of these characteristics. [1] [2] Different countries have different classifications and census options for race and ethnicity/nationality which are not comparable with data from other countries.

  9. Mexicans - Wikipedia

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    The 1921 census' final results in regards to race, which assert that 59.3% of the Mexican population self-identified as Mestizo, 29.1% as Indigenous and only 9.8% as White were then essential to cement the "mestizaje" ideology (that asserts that the Mexican population as a whole is product of the admixture of all races) which shaped Mexican ...