https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/16/321819185/on-the-census-who-checks-hispanic-who-checks-white-and-why
On the history of 'Hispanic' on the Census Questionnaire. In 1930, "Mexican" was put on the Census [questionnaire] as a race. This was during the Depression and it was a time period when [the

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/06/15/is-being-hispanic-a-matter-of-race-ethnicity-or-both/
But among Latinos, just 63% selected at least one of these categories; 37% of Latinos, or 19 million, instead selected only "some other race," with many offering write-in responses such as "Mexican," Hispanic" or "Latin American.". Federal policy defines "Hispanic" not as a race, but as an ethnicity. And it prescribes that

https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2024-03-31/us-census-categories-race-ethnicity-latinos
The U.S. Census Bureau will have new categories for race and ethnicity for the first time in 27 years, directly affecting people who identify as Hispanic, Latino, Middle Eastern and North African.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latinos-census-dont-identify-racial-categories-rcna77592
The Census Bureau said a combined 43.6% of Americans who self-identify as Hispanics either reported being of "Some Other Race" (35.5%) or did not respond to the race question in the 2020 count

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2021/11/04/measuring-the-racial-identity-of-latinos/
As a fourth measure of racial identity, the survey asked Latinos how they would describe their race or origin in their own words. The most common responses for Latinos regarding their race in this open-end format were the pan-ethnic terms Hispanic, Latino or Latinx (28%) or responses that linked their racial origin to the country or region of their ancestors (28%).

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1037352177/2020-census-results-by-race-some-other-latino-ethnicity-hispanic
In the end, for both the 2010 and 2020 counts, García Torres settled with checking off a box called "Some other race." And last year, so did Frank Alvarez of Los Angeles, who says when people ask

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/05/who-is-hispanic/
In the eyes of the Census Bureau, Hispanics can be of any race, because "Hispanic" is an ethnicity and not a race. However, this distinction is subject to debate. A 2015 Center survey found that 17% of Hispanic adults said being Hispanic is mainly a matter of race, while 29% said it is mainly a matter of ancestry.

https://www.keranews.org/news/2023-04-06/many-hispanics-and-latinos-dont-identify-with-census-racial-categories
Here's what she found: What the Census data shows. 57.8% of Hispanic or Latino respondents reported one race in the 2020 Census compared to more than 81% who did so in 2010. 18.6 million people

https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about/why-we-ask-each-question/ethnicity/
OMB defines "Hispanic or Latino" as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. People who identify with the terms "Hispanic" or "Latino" are those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the American Community Survey

https://www.vox.com/2016/8/28/12658908/latino-hispanic-race-ethnicity-explained
To understand what race Latinos and Hispanics are, you first must understand the difference between Latinos and Hispanics. Lazo points out that Hispanic identity refers to language, or "people of

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latinos-views-on-making-hispanic-a-race-category-rcna147172
For Sanchez, who is of Mexican American heritage, the choices on government forms make Latinos seem like an afterthought. "Choosing 'some other race' or 'other' feels like we are a P.S

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/09/30/npr-2020-census-results-by-race-some-other-latino-ethnicity-hispanic
September 30, 2021 4:00 AM. The 2nd-largest racial group in the U.S. is 'some other race.'. Most are Latino. Growing numbers of Latinos identifying as "some other race" for the U.S. census have

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/should-latinos-be-considered-a-race
The proposed change intends to address a dramatic shift in how Latinos, in particular, have identified over the past couple of decades. In 2000 and 2010, the "Some Other Race" category was the

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-04-03/census-latino-hispanic-race-ethnicity
Unable to fit themselves into these categories, in 2020, nearly 44% of Latinos either did not answer the race question or marked "other.". In fact, 94% of "other" race responses to the

https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2022/01001/Anti_Latino_Racism,_the_Racial_State,_and_Revising.3.aspx
This proposal won out because of the dramatic research results: when Latinos were given the option to select Latino/Hispanic as their race, the number of other-race Latinos dropped from the 40% range to less than 1% and 70% of Latinos surveyed chose only "Latino" as their race.

https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/who-s-latino-amid-growing-numbers-the-definition-is-expanding/index.html
The number of Latinos identifying as more than one race in the 2020 census has grown from 3 million to 20.3 million since 2010, while those identifying as only white dropped drastically, from 26.7

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2012/04/04/when-labels-dont-fit-hispanics-and-their-views-of-identity/
A majority of Hispanics say they most often identify themselves by their family's country of origin; just 24% say they prefer a pan-ethnic label. ... Meanwhile, 36% identify their race as white, and 3% say their race is black. Latinos are split on whether they see themselves as a typical American. Nearly half (47%) say they are a typical

https://www.yahoo.com/news/being-able-choose-hispanic-race-214441469.html
Among darker-skinned Latinos, the numbers reporting discrimination are much higher: About 4 in 10 Latinos said they experienced discrimination from non-Latinos as well as from other Hispanics.

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/25/nx-s1-5013727/new-research-looks-at-how-political-misinformation-is-targeted-at-latinos
JOFFE-BLOCK: But Latinos are more likely to get news from social media, where falsehoods often go unchecked, especially in Spanish. Braga's organization just surveyed 3,000 Latinos across the country.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/better-way-identify-latinos-official-surveys-say-yes-rcna69080
Then they were asked to pick their race, but Hispanic or Latino is not among those choices. About 26 million Hispanics, 42%, marked "some other race" on the census.

https://www.wabe.org/2020-census-results-by-race-some-other-latino-ethnicity-hispanic/
Hansi Lo Wang | NPR. September 30th, 2021. Growing numbers of Latinos identifying as "Some other race" for the U.S. census have boosted the category to become the country's second-largest racial group after "White.". Researchers are concerned the catchall grouping obscures many Latinx people's identities and does not produce the

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/27/poll-shows-immigration-is-top-issue-for-latino-voters-in-arizona/74222288007/
Arizona is home to more than 2.3 million Latinos, according to the U.S. Census, which constitutes approximately 33% of the state's population, — roughly 7.4 million.An overwhelming majority of

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/06/11/chapter-7-the-many-dimensions-of-hispanic-racial-identity/
For Hispanics living in the United States, Hispanic identity is multidimensional and multifaceted. For some, it is defined most by their family's country of origin, such as Mexican, Cuban or Dominican. 48 For others, it is defined by pan-ethnic terms like Hispanic or Latino, emphasizing the commonalities of a diverse community. At 54 million, Hispanics make up 17% of the nation's

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/young-gay-latinos-rising-share-new-hiv-cases-111360579
While African Americans continue to have the highest HIV rates in the United States overall, Latinos made up the largest share of new HIV diagnoses and infections among gay and bisexual men in

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/feds-are-proposing-define-hispanic-latino-race-rcna67651
The Census Bureau found that 4 in 10 Hispanics, 42%, marked "some other race" in the 2020 census. A third selected two or more racial groups and 20% chose white as their race, Pew reported in 2021.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/why-latinos-may-decide-the-2024-election-5668214
Why Latinos May Decide the 2024 Election Nationally, 33 percent of Latinos support one of either Biden or Trump, 16 percent are undecided, and 13 percent say they'll vote for RFK Jr., a poll shows.

https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-biden-presidential-debate-2024
Even so, 49% of Black voters ay they would replace both Biden and Trump with different candidates if they had the ability to decide, which Pew notes is similar to the share of all voters who say this.

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2021/11/04/latinos-divided-on-whether-race-gets-too-much-or-too-little-attention-in-the-u-s-today/
Half of Hispanics with lighter skin (50%) say race and racial issues concerning Hispanics get too little attention in the country today, while 57% of Hispanics with darker skin share this sentiment. About one-in-six Hispanics (59%) who described their origin, in an open-ended question, as being from a Hispanic country or region also say this.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/trumps-anti-immigration-black-jobs-reactions-presidential-debate-rcna159375
The former president also invoked "Hispanic jobs" in the debate, prompting jokes and confusion over whether immigrants are really taking jobs away from U.S. citizens.