Census officials defend the method that led to an increase in the count of multiracial people
The U.S. Census Bureau says improvements to the design of the 2020 census questions and the tabulating of answers led to an ...
Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say
The 276% increase largely happened because of a change in how people were classified by the U.S. Census Bureau rather than ...
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Census officials defend the method that led to an increase in the count of multiracial people
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 ...
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US Census Bureau seeks feedback about new race and ethnicity categories
Questions about race and ethnicity that previously were asked separately on forms will now be combined into a single question. That will give respondents the option to pick multiple categories at the ...
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Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say
When the 2020 census results were released, they showed a boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States ... people identify their race and ethnicity in the 21st ...