The U.S. Census Bureau plans to include questions on sexual orientation, gender identity, and updated race and ethnicity queries in its survey by 2027.
Under the revisions, questions about race and ethnicity that previously were asked separately will be combined into a single questionQuestions about sexual orientation, gender identity and changes to queries about race and ethnicity are on track to be asked in the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027, U.S. Census Bureau officials said Thursday.
Some of the revised questions are the result of changes the federal government announced earlier this year about how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. The changes were the first in 27 years and were aimed at better counting people who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.
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