Racial & Ethnic Groups

In a new analysis based on dozens of focus groups, Asian American participants described the challenges of navigating their own identity in a nation where the label “Asian” brings expectations about their origins, behavior and physical self.

This project represents our first comprehensive examination of Asian American identity using focus groups. Here’s how and why we did it.

Black Americans are critical of key aspects of policing and criminal justice. But their views on face recognition technology are more nuanced.

Increasing representation in science is seen as important for attracting more Hispanic people to science.

The national total in the 2020 census was largely accurate, but the Census Bureau has estimated miscounts for some states and demographic groups.

57% of Black adults say marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use by adults; 28% say it should be legal for medical use only.

32% of Black adults said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity.

In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.

Most Asian Americans say violence against them is increasing, and most also worry at least some of the time about being threatened or attacked.

In 2020, Afro-Latino Americans made up about 2% of the U.S. adult population and 12% of the adult Latino population.