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For the First Time, U.S. Census Will Allow Choice Between Hispanic or Latino as Ethnicity Category

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The U.S. is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity for the time in 27 years, an initiative that will include the possibility for people to identify themselves as Latino or Hispanic.

The revision was announced on Thursday by the Office of Management and Budget and will also include the categories Middle Eastern and North African.

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