RaceEth

RaceEth combines information about race and ethnicity collected on the ACS and Census based on a person’s self-identification. 

Variable Details

Variable	Value	Description	Recoded
RaceEth		RaceEth combines information about race and ethnicity collected on the ACS and Census based on a person’s self-identification.
RaceEth	NHWhite	Non-Hispanic white person with origins in Europe, the Middle East or North Africa	RaceEth = 1
RaceEth	Black	An individual who identifies as Black or African American	RaceEth = 2
RaceEth	Hispanic	An individual who identifies as “Mexican,” “Mexican-American,” “Chicano,” “Puerto Rican,” “Cuban,” “Spanish,” “Latino,” or “Hispanic.”	RaceEth = 7
RaceEth	Asian	Persons with origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent	RaceEth = 4
RaceEth	AmIndian	An individual with origins in North, Central and South America who are affiiliated with a tribe	RaceEth = 3
RaceEth	NHOther	Persons who indicated “other” under race and did not identify as “Hispanic”	RaceEth = 6
RaceEth	NHMulti	Persons who indicated more than one race and did not identify as “Hispanic”	RaceEth = 5
RaceEth	NonBlack	Everyone who identified a race other than “Black”	hisp and rac1p