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data essayMay 7, 2025

Roughly seven-in-ten Americans (72%) say the increased focus on race and racial inequality after Floyd’s killing did not lead to changes that improved the lives of Black people. And 54% say the relationship between Black people and police is about the same as before Floyd was killed.

short readMar 10, 2025

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks is sworn in at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3, 2025, the first day of the 119th Congress. Alsobrooks is one of two Black women currently serving in the Senate. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

short readFeb 12, 2025

Vendors wait for customers at Black Owned Bos.'s weekend market in Boston's Seaport neighborhood on Sept. 22, 2024. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Almost All Millennials Accept Interracial Dating and Marriage

Compared with older groups, particularly Americans ages 50 or older, younger Americans are significantly more likely to be accepting of interracial marriage and are more likely to have friends of a different race.
reportJan 25, 2010

Racial Labeling in Survey Questions

Over the past seven decades, America’s pollsters have used “colored,” “Negro,” “African American,” “Afro-American” and “black” in questions in national surveys.
reportJan 21, 2010

2008, Hispanics in the United States Statistical Portrait

This statistical profile of the Latino population is based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey.
reportJan 21, 2010

2008, Foreign-Born Population in the United States Statistical Portrait

This statistical profile of the foreign-born population is based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey.
reportJan 21, 2010

Updated Data on U.S. Immigrants and Hispanics

The Pew Hispanic Center today updated its statistical profiles of the nation’s 38 million foreign-born residents, and nearly 47 million Hispanics.
reportJan 21, 2010

Race and the Census: The “Negro” Controversy

The topic of racial identification on census forms has a long, fascinating history, which has generated fresh debate as the 2010 Census begins.
short readsJan 19, 2010

Discrimination Against Hispanics

More Americans now say that Hispanics face “a lot” of discrimination than say the same about blacks, whites or Asians.
reportJan 12, 2010

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects

Summary of Findings A comprehensive new survey of racial attitudes finds that a year after Barack Obama’s election, blacks’ assessments about the state of black progress in America have improved more dramatically than at any time in the last quarter century. The poll finds an upbeat set of black views on a wide range of […]
reportJan 12, 2010

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects

Assessments about the state of black progress in America have improved more dramatically among blacks during the past two years than at any time in the past quarter century.
reportDec 22, 2009

Latinos Online, 2006-2008: Narrowing the Gap

From 2006 to 2008, internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54% to 64%, compared with a four percentage point rise among whites and a two percentage point rise among blacks.

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Views of Race, Policing and Black Lives Matter in the 5 Years Since George Floyd’s Killing

119th Congress brings firsts for women of color

A look at Black-owned businesses in the U.S.

What U.S. Latinos Say About ‘Machismo’

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2008, Hispanics in the United States Statistical Portrait

2008, Foreign-Born Population in the United States Statistical Portrait

Discrimination Against Hispanics

Blacks Upbeat about Black Progress, Prospects

Latinos Online, 2006-2008: Narrowing the Gap

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