Clearer questions pertaining to sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity are one step closer to appearing on the U.S. Census. Following new categorizing standards set by the federal ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The debate over the citizenship question is just the latest controversy that has surrounded the questionnaire since it began in 1790. That first census only asked if respondents were ...

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 ...

Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page highlights the problems with relying on a race-classification system created in a different era. Suggested Reading A Peek At ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ ...

Questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and changes to queries about race and ethnicity are on track to be asked in the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027, U.S. Census ...