Facts About the U.S. Black Population
Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.
About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
The U.S. Black population is growing. At the same time, how Black people self-identify is changing, with increasing shares considering themselves multiracial or Hispanic.
Some 6.2 million U.S. adults – or 2.4% of the country’s adult population – report being two or more races.
The most common age was 11 for Hispanics, 27 for blacks and 29 for Asians as of last July. Multiracial Americans were by far the youngest racial or ethnic group.
Why aren’t Asian Americans shown as a separate group when differences among whites, blacks and Hispanics are discussed in survey reports? It’s a good question, so we put together a summary of some of the methodological and other issues on accurately polling U.S. Asians.
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