2010 Census and American Community Survey: Race & Hispanic

About Race and Hispanic Origin

• About Race, Census Bureau
• About Hispanic Origin, Census Bureau

Why Ask about Race and Hispanic Origin?

• Why We Ask: Race, American Community Survey
• Why We Ask: Hispanic Origin, American Community Survey

Difference between the 1990 and 2000 Censuses: Race

"A major change for the 2000 question was adding the instruction 'Mark [X] one or more races to indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be.' The 1990 question instructed respondents to 'Fill ONE circle for the race that the person considers himself/herself to be.'" Source: Major Differences in Subject-Matter Content Between the 1990 and 2000 Census Questionnaires: Race.

This page provides facsimile copies of the race and Hispanic questions from the 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses and from the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS). It also provides several tables from the 1990 Census and from the 2013 ACS.