Religion and Race in the United States

Race Race is a self-identification data item in which respondents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify.

For Census 2000: In 1997, after a lengthy analysis and public comment period, the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised the standards for how the Federal government would collect and present data on race and ethnicity. The new guidelines reflect "the increasing diversity of our Nation's population, stemming from growth in interracial marriages and immigration."

These new guidelines revised some of the racial categories used in 1990 and preceding censuses and allowed respondents to report as many race categories as were necessary to identify themselves on the Census 2000 questionnaire.

Race Alone categories (6): White alone Black or African-American alone American Indian or Alaska Native alone Asian alone Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone Some other race alone

Chapter 1Reading 3 “Race” and Science p. 13-16

Compare and contrast how race is defined and used by the Census Bureau with the way it is used in “Race” and Science.

Current Population for the United States

Population Statistics, 2006

What is Hispanic or Latino?

States with thehighest

Percentageof

African-Americans

States with thehighest

percentage ofAsians

Least Diverse States

Percent of Persons Who Are White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino, 2000

Percent of Persons Who Are Black or African American, 2000

Percent of Persons Who Are Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 2000

Percent of Persons Who Are Asian Alone, 2000

Specific One Race Groups in Shelby County by Zip Code

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“Religious liberty in a democracy is a right that may not be submitted to vote and depends on the outcome of no election. A

society is only as just and free as it is respectful of this right, especially toward the beliefs of its smallest minorities and least

popular communities.” Williamsburg Charter, 1988

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The World’s Major Religions18

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BaptistBaptistRoman Roman CatholicCatholic

Roman Roman CatholicCatholic

MormonMormon

MethodistMethodist

Roman Roman CatholicCatholic

LutheranLutheran

NoNoMajorityMajority

Jewish = JJewish = J

JJ

JJ

JJ

JJ

JJ

JJ

JJ

JJ

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