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In 1997, after a lengthy analysis and public comment period, the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised the standards for how the Federal government would collect and present data on race and ethnicity. The new guidelines reflect “the increasing diversity of our Nation’s population, stemming from growth in interracial marriages and immigration.”
These new guidelines revised some of the racial categories used in 1990 and preceding censuses and allowed respondents to report as many race categories as were necessary to identify themselves on the Census 2000 questionnaire.
Note: The full report is available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/race.pdf
