Our latest blog discusses how we improved census questions on race and Hispanic origin between 2010 and 2020.

Improvements to the 2020 Census Race and Hispanic Origin Question Designs, Data Processing, and Coding Procedures Written By Rachel Marks, chief, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division and Merarys Rios-Vargas, chief, Ethnicity and Ancestry Branch, Population Division The U.S. Census Bureau has collected data on race since the first census in 1790 and on Hispanic or Latino origin (referred to as Hispanic origin in this blog) since the 1970 Census. How these topics are measured, and statistics on them are collected and coded, has changed nearly every decade throughout the history of the census, reflecting social, political and economic factors. This blog discusses how we improved the census questions on race and Hispanic origin, also known as ethnicity, between 2010 and 2020. These changes provide important context as we prepare to release the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File. Read More Data Viz: Race and Ethnicity Across the Decades: 1790-2020 Check out our interactive infographic timeline to see the race and ethnicity categories used in the U.S. Decennial Census from 1790-2020.  Learn More Help us spread the word about 2020 Census data! Share this on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This About the Census Bureau We serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. The Census Bureau is the federal government's largest statistical agency. We are a scientific organization focused on data. Policy-makers, businesses, and the public use our information to make far-reaching decisions.

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