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Instantánea: Raza en el censo de los Estados Unidos
El séptimo censo, en 1850, ha preguntado por Color[1] y ha dado los elecciones:
The 10th federal census, in 1880, asked for Color[2] and gave the choices:
The 22nd federal census, in 2000, had a "short form"[3] that asked two race/ancestry questions:

1. Is the person Spanish/Hispanic/Latino?

2. What is the person's race?

  • White
  • Black, African American,
  • American Indian or Alaska Native (write in tribe)
  • Asian Indian
  • Chinese
  • Filipino
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Vietnamese
  • Native Hawaiian
  • Guamanian or Chamorro
  • Samoan
  • Other Pacific Islander (write in race)
  • Other race (write in race)

This census acknowledged that "race categories include both racial and national-origin groups."

Raza, como tal definido por la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos y la Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto, es una categoría de autoidentificación en que residentes elige la raza o razas en la cuál se considera[4] The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based. Racial categories include both racial and national-origin groups.[5]

Racial categories and definitions have changed over time to reflect social and politicial attitudes toward the categorization of race (see left inset).


2000 Definitions

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The five 2000 U.S. Census races are defined by "origins in the original peoples" from different lands.

Racial classification was based solely on self-identification and, for the first time, did not pre-suppose disjointness. The question on race asked respondents to report the race or races they considered themselves to be. The racial terms used on the 2000 US Census reflect the most prefered terms used for the group of people they include by majority concensus[1] Race and ethnicity were considered separate and distinct identities, with Hispanic origin asked as a separate question.

Race was asked differently in the Census 2000 in several ways than previously. Most significantly, respondents were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to indicate their racial identities. Data shows that nearly seven million Americans identified themselves as members of one or more races. Because of these changes, the Census 2000 data on race are not directly comparable with data from the 1990 census or earlier censuses. Caution must be used when interpreting changes in the racial composition of the U.S. population over time.


The following definitions apply to the 2000 census only.

Footnote

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The same language has been used for many years. See for example:

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See also

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  1. ^ Tucker, Clyde and Kojetin, Bryan and Harrison Rodderick. A Statistical Analysis of the CPS Supplement on Race and Ethnic Origin. 1995. August 14, 2006.<http://www.census.gov/prod/2/gen/96arc/ivatuck.pdf>.