Census Considering Changing 'Hispanic' to Race

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Posted 4:41 PM 1/9/2013 : 2020 US Census Could have Hispanic as a New Race

CORPUS CHRISTI - The US Census is used to count and categorizes American citizens, but that is a hard thing to do since our county is such a melting pot of cultures. It's a living document, constantly evolving as Americans do. But now the US Census Bureau is looking to define Hispanics as a race

Posted 3:22 PM 1/9/2013 : US Census Considering Classifying Hispanics as a Race

CORPUS CHRISTI - There may be some new changes to the 2020 Census. Right now the U.S. Census Bureau is looking into reclassifying Hispanic as a race rather than an ethnicity.

In the 2010 Census, Hispanics were able to check any race, but were defined as Hispanic in origin. The elimination

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