The changing categories the U.S. census has used to measure 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.
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Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.
More than one-in-five voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities.
Trump’s federal judicial picks have faced a record amount of opposition, reflecting growing discord over presidential appointments to the judiciary.
Ahead of the Population Association of America’s annual meeting, read seven important recent demographic findings.
A new question about citizenship on the 2020 census form is in the headlines, but the U.S. Census Bureau also plans other changes for the next national count.
When President Donald Trump nominated federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death last year of Justice Antonin Scalia, he chose a candidate whose professional background is very much in line with previous and current justices.
Over the past 40 years, blacks have made progress on several fronts. Yet large racial gaps persist in areas such as wealth and poverty.
The latest data on the state of race relations in the U.S. and how much progress has been made — or not — in achieving racial equality.
Federal officials are proposing new changes to census questions on racial and Hispanic identity.
The middle class has long been the country’s economic majority, but our new analysis finds that’s no longer true.
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