The new census form will collect more detail by allowing free-form answers, including making it possible for people to ...

The identity of America’s largest ethnic group has long seemed cut and dried. But new data is challenging the conventional ...

The U.S. Census' new question combining race and ethnicity will allow respondents ... of the Black or African American category as the United States' second-largest race, according to the U.S ...

Though African Americans have higher death rates before their 80s, after about age 85, their age-specific death rate falls ...

(Photo by Stephanie Keith / Getty Images) The U.S. Census Bureau and a growing number of states are starting to gather more detailed information about Americans’ race and ethnicity, a change ...

The 2030 census program could encounter multiple issues, which are likely to influence the design and implementation of the population count.

According to the Census Bureau, 4.4% of children in California are Black, compared to 4% of Cal State students and 4.7% of UC ...

Children are at greater risk from inhaled air pollutants than adults, as they have higher respiratory rates. Research has ...

Eliminating all the artificially created racial and ethnic categories from the U.S. census makes sense, and people would ...