US Census data may undercount Mexicans, Arabs, others

Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 08:30 in Psychology & Sociology

The number of Mexican-Americans known to be legally in the United States would increase nearly 10 percent if the federal census broadened its standard definition to include people who don't identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino but who were nonetheless born in Mexico or report Mexican ancestry, according to a new study by a Duke University professor.

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