How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

Millions of Americans rely on federal assistance for access to nutritious food. Here's who's impacted as funds dry up in the ...

Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios. Note: Includes Asian alone or in combination with one or more races Illinois' share of Asian Americans is slightly lower than the national rate.

Reindeer populations across the Arctic will likely decline substantially due to climate change in the next several decades with the North American population facing the highest risk, researchers ...

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 ...

Two years after the Supreme Court ruled to abolish affirmative action in higher education admissions, Black enrollment at ...

The shift mirrors trends at other elite schools after a ban on affirmative action. The Trump administration has said it wants ...

Tensions over the federal intervention in the city have many runners worried about what to expect during the race, which passes through immigrant neighborhoods and draws many participants from abroad.

The biggest name in the American hotel business is not Hilton, Marriott, or Ritz-Carlton — it is Patel. A LinkedIn post by Sarthak Ahuja recently shared how the Gujarati Indian community, which forms ...

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 ...