From the very first census in 1790, the United States has measured race – but rarely in the same way or without controversy. Categories such as “free white males,” “free white females,” “all other ...

For decades, the racial composition of the American population could be described with two terms, Black and White. There were members of other racial groups in the United States, too, of course — ...

New data released by the United States Census Bureau Thursday showed that the country's Asian population grew the fastest in the past year, while the white population became the racial group to ...

There were 24.8 million Asians in the United States in 2023, making up 7% of the total national population, according to estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Asian population has grown ...

Generation Z will be the last generation of Americans with a white majority, according to census data. The nation’s so-called majority minority arrived with Generation Alpha, those born since about ...

The Asian American population in Texas is growing fast. Asian Texans made big gains from 2022 to 2023, growing faster than any other racial group in the state, according to data released by the U.S.

Population diversity continues to spread beyond Mecklenburg County, specifically within the Hispanic community in the suburbs, new census estimates show. In the past four years, the Hispanic ...

WASHINGTON — Utah's small Black population grew at a faster clip than in most other U.S. states, according to new data released by the Pew Research Center. Still, the population here remains one of ...