How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Census Bureau today released additional 2020 Census results showing an increase in the population of U.S. metro areas compared to a decade ago. In addition, these ...

Quyen Dinh didn’t even remember that, in 2024, she was selected as one of 23 appointees to the Census 2030 Advisory Committee ...

President Biden Joe Biden speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 reception at the White House. Just who counts as 'Hispanic' in the U.S. is an open question. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via ...

A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

Born Equal: Eliminating Ethnicity and Race from Birth Certificates This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...

A new study from the NIH’s All of Us program is shaking up long-held assumptions by revealing that genetic ancestry rarely aligns with racial labels — and that the interplay between biology and ...

Race and ethnic data is missing in over 50% of cases federally reported. A hard look at COVID-19 racial data by the nation’s top public health experts and epidemiologists revealed a harrowing truth: ...

Lindsay Allen ([email protected]), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Joshua C. Black, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado. Carlton M. Kelly, Northwestern University.