How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

Is ancestry history? The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person’s ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying it may duplicate a newly-revised race question ...

The group has been disbanded since March by order of President Donald Trump, eradicating professional expertise from the ...

FILE - A billboard highlighting the 2020 Census is seen in Dearborn, Mich., on Thursday, April 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) As the U.S. Census Bureau gets public feedback about how it ...

The 2020 U.S. Census has finally released its most detailed findings on America's race and ethnicity. Venezuelans were recorded as the fastest-growing Hispanic group, and Asian Indians and Chinese ...

As the U.S. Census Bureau gets public feedback about how it should tally people into new race and ethnicity groups, the agency has released new research reflecting how U.S. residents from different ...

In January, the Office of Management and Budget posted notice of proposed changes to the federal government’s standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity. On the past five censuses, ...

A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau released a long-awaited report estimating the 2020 census undercount. Given the challenges of conducting a census in a pandemic, undercounts had been expected by ...

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