For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who ...

A Trump administration official on Friday signaled a potential rollback of the racial and ethnic categories approved for the 2030 census and other future federal government forms. Supporters of those ...

Data analysis and higher education policy researchers have long called for more-detailed race and ethnicity data to better ...

Americans are routinely asked to check off boxes about their race and ethnicity, but many say they do not see themselves reflected in the options. By The New York Times Americans are routinely asked ...