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    Next U.S. census will have new boxes for 'Middle Eastern or North African,' 'Latino'

    Biden officials approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."
    by Hansi Lo Wang Mar 28, 2024 5 minutes
    The Biden administration has approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African."

    On the next U.S. census and future federal government forms, the list of checkboxes for a person's race and ethnicity is officially getting longer.

    The Biden administration has approved proposals for a new response option for "Middle Eastern or North African" and a "Hispanic or Latino" box that appears under a reformatted question that asks: "What is your race and/or ethnicity?"

    Going forward, participants in federal surveys will be presented with at least seven "race and/or ethnicity" categories, along with instructions that say: "Select all that apply."

    After years of research and discussion by federal officials for a complicated review process that goes back to 2014, the decision was announced Thursday in a Federal Register notice, which was made available for public inspection before its official publication.

    Officials at the White House's Office of Management and Budget after they were . Supporters of these

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