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Race (United States Census)Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based. Racial categories include both racial and national-origin groups.
Racial categories and definitions have changed over time to reflect social and politicial attitudes toward the categorization of race .
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| Snapshot: Race in the U.S. Census | The 7th federal census, in 1850, asked for Color and gave the choices:
| | The 10th federal census, in 1880, asked for Color and gave the choices:whiteblackmulattoChineseIndian | The 22nd federal census, in 2000, had a "short form" that asked two race/ancestry questions:
1. Is the person Spanish/Hispanic/Latino?
- No, not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
- Yes, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano
- Yes, Puerto Rican
- Yes, Cuban
- Yes, other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
2. What is the person's race?
- White
- Black, African American,
- American Indian or Alaska Native
- Asian Indian
- Chinese
- Filipino
- Japanese
- Korean
- Vietnamese
- Native Hawaiian
- Guamanian or Chamorro
- Samoan
- Other Pacific Islander
- Other race
This census acknowledged that "race categories include both racial and national-origin groups." |
Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based. Racial categories include both racial and national-origin groups. Racial categories and definitions have changed over time to reflect social and politicial attitudes toward the categorization of race . 2000 DefinitionsRacial classification was based solely on self-identification and, for the first time, did not pre-suppose disjointness. The question on race asked respondents to report the race or races they considered themselves to be. The racial terms used on the 2000 US Census reflect the most prefered terms used for the group of people they include by majority consensus Race and ethnicity were considered separate and distinct identities, with Hispanic origin asked as a separate question. Race was asked differently in the Census 2000 in several ways than previously. Most significantly, respondents were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to indicate their racial identities. Data shows that nearly seven million Americans identified themselves as members of one or more races. Because of these changes, the Census 2000 data on race are not directly comparable with data from the 1990 census or earlier censuses. Caution must be used when interpreting changes in the racial composition of the U.S. population over time. The following definitions apply to the 2000 census only. - ***"The term White refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa." It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish.
- ***"The term Black or African American refers to people having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa." It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am., or Negro," or provide written entries such as African American, Afro American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.t size=5 color=fuchsia>***"American Indian and Alaska Native refer to people having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America , and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment."t color=blue size=5>***"Asian refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea
One of the world's oldest civilization [i]s, Korea began with the founding of Gojoseon [i] in 2333 ... , Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes " Asian Indian," " Chinese", " Filipino", "Korean", " Japanese", " Vietnamese", and "Other Asian".t size=5 color=red>***"The term Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicate their race as " Native Hawaiian", " Guamanian or Chamorro", "Samoan", and "Other Pacific Islander." also|Pacific Islander}} - Some other races includes all other responses not included in the "White", "Black or African American", "American Indian and Alaska Native", "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander" race categories described above. Respondents providing write-in entries such as multiracial, mixed, interracial, Wesort, or a Hispanic/Latino group in the "Some other race" category are included here.wo or more races refers to multiracial people. People may have chosen to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes, by providing multiple write-in responses, or by some combination of check boxes and write-in responses.
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