Although used in the Census and the American Community Survey, "Some other race" is not an official race, and the Bureau considered eliminating it prior to the 2000 Census. As the 2010 census form did not contain the question titled "Ancestry" found in prior censuses, there were campaigns to get non-Hispanic West Indian Americans, Turkish Americans, Armenian Americans, Arab Americans and Iranian Americans to indicate their ethnic or national background through the race question, specifically the "Some other race" category. COUNT 4
QSN1 What race selection did the census bureau consider getting rid of before the 2000 census? ANS1 Some other race QSN2 In what year did the ancestery question stop appearing in the US census? ANS2 2010 QSN3 There were campaigns to try to get minorities to use what race category into 2010 census? ANS3 Some other race QSN4 In addition to the Census, where else is the "some other race" selection an option? ANS4 the American Community Survey