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Description
RACBLK is a bivariate indicator of whether a person's race or races include black, African-American, negro, or mulatto, regardless of what additional race(s) the person reported, if any. Thus, RACBLK denotes the population of people who are "Black alone or in combination."
Beginning in 2000, individuals were allowed to report multiple races, so RACBLK and the other bivariate race indicators (RACASIAN, RACAMIND, RACOTHER, RACPACIS, and RACWHT) are not mutually exclusive in 2000 and later years. The number of reported races is given in RACNUM.
RACBLK is a 1-digit numeric variable.
1 = no
2 = yes
Comparability
This variable is only available in the 2000 census, 2010 census, the ACS and the PRCS. See RACE for detailed discussion of changes in the question beginning in 2000, when - for the first time - respondents could mark as many races as applied to them.
Universe
- All persons.
Availability
- 2023: All samples
- 2022: All samples
- 2021: All samples
- 2020: All samples
- 2019: All samples
- 2018: All samples
- 2017: All samples
- 2016: All samples
- 2015: All samples
- 2014: All samples
- 2013: All samples
- 2012: All samples
- 2011: All samples
- 2010: All samples
- 2009: All samples
- 2008: All samples
- 2007: All samples
- 2006: All samples
- 2005: All samples
- 2004: All samples
- 2003: All samples
- 2002: All samples
- 2001: All samples
- 2000: All samples
- 1990: --
- 1980: --
- 1970: --
- 1960: --
- 1950: --
- 1940: --
- 1930: --
- 1920: --
- 1910: --
- 1900: --
- 1880: --
- 1870: --
- 1860: --
- 1850: --
- 2023: All samples
- 2022: All samples
- 2021: All samples
- 2020: All samples
- 2019: All samples
- 2018: All samples
- 2017: All samples
- 2016: All samples
- 2015: All samples
- 2014: All samples
- 2013: All samples
- 2012: All samples
- 2011: All samples
- 2010: All samples
- 2009: All samples
- 2008: All samples
- 2007: All samples
- 2006: All samples
- 2005: All samples
- 2000: All samples
- 1990: --
- 1980: --
- 1970: --
- 1930: --
- 1920: --
- 1910: --
Questionnaire Text
2023 ACS |
2022 ACS |
2021 ACS |
2016 ACS |
2011 ACS |
2006 ACS |
2000 1% |
[ ] Black or African Am. -Print, for example, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Somali, etc. -->_________________________
[ ] American Indian or Alaska Native -- Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), for example, Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Nome Eskimo Community, etc. --> ______________________
[ ] Chinese
[ ] Vietnamese
[ ] Native Hawaiian
[ ] Filipino
[ ] Korean
[ ] Samoan
[ ] Asian Indian
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Chamorro
[ ] Other Asian -- Print, for example, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, etc. --> _____________________
[ ] Other Pacific Islander ? Print, for example, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese, etc. -->______________________
[ ] Some other race -- Print race or origin. -->
____________________________________________________
[ ] Black or African Am. -Print, for example, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Somali, etc. -->_________________________
[ ] American Indian or Alaska Native -- Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), for example, Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Nome Eskimo Community, etc. --> ______________________
[ ] Chinese
[ ] Vietnamese
[ ] Native Hawaiian
[ ] Filipino
[ ] Korean
[ ] Samoan
[ ] Asian Indian
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Chamorro
[ ] Other Asian -- Print, for example, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, etc. --> _____________________
[ ] Other Pacific Islander ? Print, for example, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese, etc. -->______________________
[ ] Some other race -- Print race or origin. -->
____________________________________________________
[ ] Black or African Am. -Print, for example, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Somali, etc. -->_________________________
[ ] American Indian or Alaska Native -- Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), for example, Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Nome Eskimo Community, etc. --> ______________________
[ ] Chinese
[ ] Vietnamese
[ ] Native Hawaiian
[ ] Filipino
[ ] Korean
[ ] Samoan
[ ] Asian Indian
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Chamorro
[ ] Other Asian -- Print, for example, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, etc. --> _____________________
[ ] Other Pacific Islander ? Print, for example, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese, etc. -->______________________
[ ] Some other race -- Print race or origin. -->
____________________________________________________
[ ] Black or African Am.
[ ] American Indian or Alaska Native -- Print name of enrolled or principal tribe. --> __________________
[ ] Asian Indian
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Chinese
[ ] Korean
[ ] Filipino
[ ] Vietnamese
[ ] Other Asian -- Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on._________________________
[ ] Native Hawaiian
[ ] Guamanian or Chamorro
[ ] Samoan
[ ] Other Pacific Islander -- Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on.
[ ] Some other race -- Print race. --> ____________________________________________________
The concept of race, as used by the Census Bureau, reflects self-identification by individuals according to the race or races with which they identify.
The instruction before question 5, "For this survey, Hispanic origins are not races" reflects the federal government's treatment of Hispanic origin and race as separate and distinct concepts. People who identify their origin as Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish may be of any race.
People may choose to provide two or more races either by marking two or more race response boxes, by providing multiple write-in responses, or by some combination of marking boxes and writing in responses.
If you mark the "American Indian or Alaska Native" box, also print the name of the tribe(s) in which the person is enrolled. If the person is not enrolled in a tribe, print the name of the person's enrolled or principle tribe(s) in the space provided (for example, Navajo nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Muscogee (Creek) nation, Mayan, Doyon, native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, and so on).
If you mark the "Other Asian" box, print the name of the specific Asian group(s) in the space provided (for example, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Bangladeshi, and so on.)
If you mark the "Other Pacific Islander" box, print the name of the specific Pacific Islander group(s) in the space provided (for example, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese, Palauan, Tahitian, Papua New Guinean, and so on.)
If you mark the "Some other race" box, print the race(s) or group(s) in the space provided.
This question should be answered by ALL persons.
[ ] Black, African Am., or Negro
[ ] American Indian or Alaska Native -- Print name of enrolled or principal tribe. --> __________________
[ ] Asian Indian
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Chinese
[ ] Korean
[ ] Filipino
[ ] Vietnamese
[ ] Other Asian -- Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian and so on.
[ ] Native Hawaiian
[ ] Guamanian or Chamorro
[ ] Samoan
[ ] Other Pacific Islander ?Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on.
[ ] Some other race -- Print race. -->
____________________________________________________
The concept of race, as used by the Census Bureau, reflects self-identification by individuals according to the race or races with which they identify.
The instruction before question 5, "For this survey, Hispanic origins are not races" reflects the federal government's treatment of Hispanic origin and race as separate and distinct concepts. People who identify their origin as Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish may be of any race.
People may choose to provide two or more races either by marking two or more race response boxes, by providing multiple write-in responses, or by some combination of marking boxes and writing in responses.
If you mark the "American Indian or Alaska Native" box, also print the name of the tribe(s) in which the person is enrolled. If the person is not enrolled in a tribe, print the name of the principal tribe.
If you mark the "Other Asian" box, print the name of the specific race(s) or group(s) in the space provided. The category "Other Asian" includes persons who identify themselves as Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, Sri Lankan, and so on.
If you mark the "Other Pacific Islander" box, print the name of the specific race(s) or group(s) in the space provided. The category "Other Pacific Islander" includes persons who identify themselves as Fijian, Tongan, Polynesian, Tahitian and so on.
If you mark the "Some other race" box, print the race(s) or group(s) in the space provided.
This question should be answered by ALL persons.
[ ] White
[ ] Black, African Am., or Negro
[ ] American Indian or Alaska Native -- Print name of enrolled or principal tribe --> ________________________________________
[ ] Asian Indian
[ ] Chinese
[ ] Filipino
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Korean
[ ] Vietnamese
[ ] Other Asian - Print race --> ____________________
[ ] Native Hawaiian
[ ] Guamanian or Chamorro
[ ] Samoan
[ ] Other Pacific Islander
[ ] Some other race - Print race below --> ____________________
If you mark the "American Indian or Alaska Native" box, also print the name of the tribe(s) in which the person is enrolled. If the person is not enrolled in a tribe, print the name of the principal tribe.
If you mark the "Other Asian" or the "Other Pacific Islander" box, print the name of the specific race(s) or group(s) in the space provided.
The category Other Asian includes persons who identify themselves as Burmese, Hmong, Indonesian, Laotian, Pakistani, Thai, Cambodian, Sri Lankan, and so on.
The category Other Pacific Islander includes persons who identify themselves as Fijian, Tongan, Polynesian, Tahitian, and so on.
If you mark the "Some other race" box, print the race(s) or group(s) in the space provided.
This question should be answered for ALL persons, regardless of citizenship status.
Mark [X] one or more races to indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be.
[] Black, African Am., or Negro
[] American Indian or Alaska Native - Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.
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[] Asian Indian
[] Chinese
[] Filipino
[] Japanese
[] Korean
[] Vietnamese
[] Other Asian - Print race.
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[] Native Hawaiian
[] Guamanian or Chamorro
[] Samoan
[] Other Pacific Islander - Print race.
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[] Some other race - Print race.
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Flags
QRACEEditing Procedure
There is no editing procedure available for this variable.