By 1990, the Census Bureau included more than a dozen ethnic/racial categories on the census, reflecting not only changing social ideas about ethnicity, but the wide variety of immigrants who had come to reside in the United States due to changing historical forces and new immigration laws in the 1960s. With a changing society, more citizens have begun to press for acknowledging multiracial ancestry. The Census Bureau changed its data collection by allowing people to self-identify as more than one ethnicity. Some ethnic groups are concerned about the potential political and economic effects, as federal assistance to historically underserved groups has depended on Census data. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2002, over 75% of all African Americans had multiracial ancestries. COUNT 14
QSN1 The Census Bureau had gone from two categories to how many by the 1990s? ANS1 more than a dozen QSN2 By 2002, what percent of African Americans had multiracial ancestries? ANS2 over 75% QSN3 Why were there more immigrants in the US? ANS3 due to changing historical forces and new immigration laws in the 1960s QSN4 How had the Census Bureau changed its collection of data? ANS4 allowing people to self-identify as more than one ethnicity QSN5 What is one of the many outcomes of the Census data? ANS5 federal assistance QSN6 How many different ethnic categories were listed on the modern census? ANS6 By 1990, the Census Bureau included more than a dozen ethnic/racial categories on the census, QSN7 Can people self identify as more than one ethnicity on the US census currently? ANS7 The Census Bureau changed its data collection by allowing people to self-identify as more than one ethnicity QSN8 About how many African American have multiracial ancestries ANS8 According to the Census Bureau, as of 2002, over 75% of all African Americans had multiracial ancestries. QSN9 Do some ethnic groups have concerns about census changes? ANS9 Some ethnic groups are concerned about the potential political and economic effects, as QSN10 How is some federal assistance allocated to certain groups? ANS10 federal assistance to historically underserved groups has depended on Census data QSN11 Twelve or more categories for race and ethnicity were in the Census by when? ANS11 1990 QSN12 When did laws allow for more immigrants? ANS12 in the 1960s QSN13 How many African Americans identify as multiracial on the Census of 2002? ANS13 over 75% QSN14 What type of federal assistance depends on Census data? ANS14 assistance to historically underserved groups