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Notes:
The Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), based on input from Federal Agencies, groups, and individuals, specifies how Federal Agencies should collect and tabulate data by race. The OMB recognized, particularly since the 1990 census, that the existing categories did not reflect our Nation’s increasing diversity. In 1997, after a lengthy analysis and public comment period, OMB revised the guidelines for data by race. [OMB reference: http://whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/race.pdf]
This revision provided for the following changes:
1) It divided the earlier Asian/Pacific Islander category into:
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
2) Respondents could mark one or more categories to self-identify their race
3) A separate question preceded the race question to allow respondents to indicate whether or not they identify as Hispanic\Latino
With permission from the OMB, the Census Bureau included the category ‘Some other Race’ on the Census 2000 questionnaire.
Optional Speaker Note: OMB determined that Alaska Native should replace the term Alaskan Native and that Alaska Native should be used instead of Eskimo and Aleut. Additionally, The Alaska Native response option should be accompanied by a request for a tribal affiliation write-in.
