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An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know (cid:0)    BACK TO TOPICS PAGE [/ACS/WWW/ABOUT/WHY-WE-ASK-EACH-QUES… We ask a question about a person's ancestry or ethnic origin to create statistics about ancestry groups in America. Local, state, tribal, and federal agencies use data about ancestry to plan and evaluate government programs and policies to ensure that they fairly and equitably serve the needs of all groups. These statistics also help enforce laws, regulations, and policies against discrimination in society. Your privacy concerns We use your confidential survey answers to create statistics like those in the results below and in the full tables that contain all th data—no one is able to figure out your survey answers from the statistics we produce. The Census Bureau is legally bound to strict confidentiality requirements. Individual records are not shared with anyone, including federal agencies and law enforcemen entities.By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents' answers with anyone, including companies, other federal agencie and law enforcement. Question as it appears on the form We ask one question about a person's ancestry to identify the ethnic origins of the population. (cid:0)    VIEW QUESTION Results from this question We compile the results from this question to provide communities with important statistics to measure the characteristics of ethn groups and tailor services to accommodate cultural differences. You can see some of these published statistics here for the natio states, and your community. United States People Who Are of German Ancestry 12.6 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] People Who Are of Subsaharan African Ancestry 1.2 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] People Who Are of West Indian Ancestry 0.9 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Social Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP02] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No Ancestry data help communities: Ensure Equal Opportunity We ask about ancestry in combination with information about housing, voting, language, employment, and education, to help governments and communities enforce laws, regulations, and policies against discrimination based on national origin. For example, ancestry data are used to: Enforce nondiscrimination in education (including monitoring desegregation). Enforce nondiscrimination in employment by federal agencies, private employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations. Enforce laws, regulations, and policies against discrimination in federal financial assistance (Civil Rights Act of 1964). Understand Change Researchers, advocacy groups, and policymakers are interested in knowing whether people from different backgrounds have th same opportunities in education, employment, voting, and home ownership. For example, ancestry data are used with age and language data to address language and cultural diversity needs in health care plans for the older population. History of ancestry question The question about a person's ancestry originated with the 1980 Census. It was added to the ACS in 2005 when it replaced the decennial census long form. [https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No