Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.

The U.S. Census Bureau says improvements to the design of the 2020 census questions and the tabulating of answers led to an ...

The 2030 U.S. Census will include new race and ethnicity checkboxes for Hispanic people and people of Middle Eastern and North African descent, the Office of Management and Budget announced ...

When the 2020 census results were released, they showed a boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010 ... the complexities of how people identify their race ...

Two sociologists from Princeton University argue that the public was misled by 2020 census' multiracial boom findings.

Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.

The new race and ethnicity categories will be used by the Census Bureau starting in the 2027 American Community Survey -- the most comprehensive survey of U.S. life -- and the 2030 census, which ...

The U.S. Census ... The United States' largest statistical agency said in a statement this week to The Associated Press that millions more people reported multiple responses to the race question ...