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Discussions about atonement for the enslavement of Black Americans have a long history in the United States, and efforts toward reparations for slavery and racial discrimination have moved forward in some places in recent years. In 2021, Evanston, Illinois, became the first U.S. city to create a reparations plan for its Black residents, and California that […]
The federal government updated how it classifies people by race and ethnicity for the first time in over a quarter-century, aiming to better capture an increasingly diverse country and give policymakers a fuller view of the Americans their work impacts. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget announced Thursday it would . . .
Age- and sex-adjusted mortality rates (Figure 4) show that overall, the non-Hispanic AIAN population experienced the highest rates (4.7 per 10,000 PMs) of excess all-cause mortality during the first year of the pandemic, followed by the Hispanic (3.6 per 10,000 PM) and non-Hispanic Black (3.5 per 10,000 PM) populations. In contrast, excess mortality was lowest […]
In 2023, 5.5 percent of the Black or African-American population in the United States were unemployed, the highest unemployment rate of any ethnicity. In 2023, the national unemployment rate stood at 3.6 percent. Read more Unemployment rate in the United States in 2023, by ethnicity CharacteristicUnemployment rateBlack or African-American5.5%Puerto Rican5.2%Hispanic/Latino*4.6%Mexican American4.6%U.S. Average3.6%Cuban3.4%White/Caucasian3.3%Asian3% Download for free […]
Summary Health coverage plays a major role in enabling people to access health care and protecting families from high medical costs. There have been longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in health coverage that contribute to disparities in health. This brief examines trends in health coverage by race and ethnicity from 2010 through 2022 and discusses […]
In the fiscal year of 2019, 21.39 percent of active-duty enlisted women were of Hispanic origin. The total number of active duty military personnel in 2019 amounted to 1.3 million people. Ethnicities in the United States The United States is known around the world for the diversity of its population. The Census recognizes six different […]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline 2022. [updated August 16, 2022]; [cited 2023 January 10]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html.
Ahead of Supreme Court decision, wide partisan differences in views of colleges’ efforts to increase racial and ethnic diversity Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand Americans’ views of colleges and universities weighing applicants’ racial and ethnic backgrounds in admissions decisions as a way to increase racial and ethnic diversity. For this analysis, […]
Discussions about atonement for the enslavement of Black Americans have a long history in the United States, and efforts toward reparations for slavery and racial discrimination have moved forward in some places in recent years. In 2021, Evanston, Illinois, became the first U.S. city to create a reparations plan for its Black residents, and California that […]
A complicated process of reviewing the federal government’s standards for data about race and ethnicity has resurfaced a thorny conversation about how to categorize people’s identities. FotografiaBasica via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption FotografiaBasica via Getty Images A complicated process of reviewing the federal government’s standards for data about race and ethnicity has resurfaced […]