{"id":20346,"date":"2023-01-15T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/?p=20346"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:19:26","slug":"population-trends-by-state-race-and-ethnicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/2023\/01\/15\/population-trends-by-state-race-and-ethnicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Population Trends by State: Race and Ethnicity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Throughout our series on factors affecting current and future enrollments in higher education in Texas, we have looked at trends in birth rates, high school graduation rates, and age-related demographics. With t<\/span>he US Census Bureau’s recent release of the newest edition of the <\/span>American Community Survey (ACS)<\/a> data, we turn our analysis to reviewing estimates related to race and ethnicity. This blog post presents broad national and state-level trends, with future posts narrowing the focus to Texas counties and the regions that public university campuses serve.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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How have race\/ethnicity demographics changed in the past decade?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The US Census Bureau follows the Office of Management and Budget’s two-step guidelines<\/a> during data collection, where respondents identify their ethnicity<\/b> (Hispanic\/Latino or Not Hispanic\/Latino) and race <\/b>(White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander). From the combination of these categories, the ACS data report additional groupings such as “Some other race” and “Two or more races” in its estimates. For individuals selecting “Hispanic or Latino”, additional categories that could be selected included “Cuban”, “Mexican,” “Puerto Rican,” or “Other Hispanic\/Latino.”<\/p>\n

In general, and not surprisingly, the population of the United States is becoming more diverse<\/b><\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>In 2012, the ACS data showed that 36% of the total population in America identified their race\/ethnicity in categories that could be characterized as something other than “White alone” (as it is classified in the ACS data). In 2021, that percentage increased to just below 41%. Across the United States, the fastest-growing race\/ethnicity groups in the ACS data (2012 to 2021) were individuals who identified with the following ethnicity\/race combinations: <\/p>\n