Preference for Racial or Ethnic Terminology
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| Preferred term1 | Percent |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | |
| Hispanic | 57.88% |
| Of Spanish origin | 12.34 |
| Latino | 11.74 |
| Some other term | 7.85 |
| No preference | 10.18 |
| White | |
| White | 61.66% |
| Caucasian | 16.53 |
| European American | 2.35 |
| Some other term | 1.97 |
| Anglo | .96 |
| No preference | 16.53 |
| Black | |
| Black | 44.15% |
| African American | 28.07 |
| Afro-American | 12.12 |
| Negro | 3.28 |
| Some other term | 2.19 |
| Colored | 1.09 |
| No preference | 9.11 |
| American Indian | |
| American Indian | 49.76% |
| Native American | 37.35 |
| Some other term | 3.66 |
| Alaska Native | 3.51 |
| No preference | 5.72 |
NOTE: 2000 census data were not available at press time.
1. People who identified themselves as white, black, Hispanic, American Indian /Alaska Native, or multiracial were given a list of terms describing their respective racial or ethnic group and were asked to choose which term they preferred, or whether they preferred a term not stated, or had no preference.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau Survey, May 1995. www.census.gov/prod/2/gen/96arc/ivatuck.pdf.
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