Racial Group

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022969",
  "term": "Racial Group",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Race is a self-identification data item in which respondents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. For Census 2000: In 1997, after a lengthy analysis and public comment period, the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised the standards for how the Federal government would collect and present data on race and ethnicity. The new guidelines reflect \"the increasing diversity of our Nation’s population, stemming from growth in interracial marriages and immigration.\" These new guidelines revised some of the racial categories used in 1990 and preceding censuses and allowed respondents to report as many race categories as were necessary to identify themselves on the Census 2000 questionnaire. How the new guidelines affect Census 2000 results and the comparison with data from 1990: Census 2000 race data are not directly comparable with data from 1990 and previous censuses. See the Census 2000 Brief, Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin. Race Alone categories(6): Includes the minimum 5 race categories required by OMB, plus the 'some other race alone' included by the Census Bureau for Census 2000, with the approval of OMB. ▪ White alone ▪ Black or African-American alone ▪ American Indian or Alaska Native alone ▪ Asian alone ▪ Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone ▪ Some other race alone",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/racial-group/"
}