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Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2]
The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
By doing so, the Population Estimates Program provides up-to-date information on how the size and distribution of the US population has changed each year since the most recent 10-year US Census. [2] The estimates produced by the Population Estimates Program are used in determining how federal funds should be allocated throughout the United ...
Princeton researchers argue a 276% rise in multiracial Americans was driven by Census methodology changes, not demographic shifts. ... from 2.9% to 10.2% of the U.S. population from 2010 to 2020 ...
But the population of Puerto Rico continued to fall, albeit at a slower rate than in recent years, falling by just 0.2 percent to 3,203,295, compared with drops of 1.3 percent and 0.5 percent in ...
The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.98% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2024, [21] slightly below the world estimated annual growth rate of 1.03%. [22] The total fertility rate (TFR) in 2024 was around 1.84 children per woman, [ 5 ] which is below the replacement fertility rate of approximately 2.1.
On the 2020 census, 4 in 10 Hispanics, or 42%, marked “some other race. A third selected two or more racial groups, and 20% chose white as their race, according to a Pew Research Center analysis .
On March 10, 2022, the Census Bureau released estimates of total overcount and undercount by demographic characteristic. [146] The results found that the total Hispanic population had likely been undercounted by 4.99%, the Black population by 3.3% and Some other race by 4.34%. [146]