Ethnicity Questions by Country

North America — countries documented in the supplied census questionnaires

Country:

American Samoa

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of American Samoa — Demographic and Housing Questionnaire
Question: 15

What is this person’s ancestry or ethnic origin?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
Prompt examples	Italian, Jamaican, African Am., Cambodian, Cape Verdean, Norwegian, Dominican, French Canadian, Haitian, Korean, Lebanese, Polish, Nigerian, Mexican, Taiwanese, Ukrainian, and so on.

Question type: 4 — a writein response but includes examples in prompt

Source: American_Samoa_2020_Questionnaire_EN.pdf

Barbados

Status: Yes
Year: 2021
Form: Population & Housing Census — Individual Questionnaire
Question: P10

What is your Ethnic Origin?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
1	Black
2	White
3	Asian
4	East Indian
5	Middle Eastern
6	Mixed
7	Other (Please Specify)

Question type: 3 — specified options plus room for a writein (not just "other")

Source: barbados_2021_questionnaire_combinedt_EN.pdf

Belize

Status: Yes
Year: 2022
Form: Population & Housing Census — Individual Questionnaire
Question: 1.5

Which ethnic group do you/does N identify with most?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
	Mestizo/Hispanic/Latino; Caucasian/White; Creole; Maya Yucatec; Maya Ketchi; African descent; Garifuna; Indian; Mennonite; Lebanese; Maya Mopan; Other (specify); East Indian; Chinese; DK/NS; Taiwanese

Question type: 3 — specified options plus room for a writein (not just "other")

Source: belize_2022_individual_questionnaire_EN.pdf

Brazil

Status: Yes
Year: 2022
Form: Censo Demográfico 2022 — Questionário Básico
Question: 4.03 QUAL A SUA ETNIA, POVO OU GRUPO INDÍGENA?

4.03 QUAL A SUA ETNIA, POVO OU GRUPO INDÍGENA?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
Instruction	Especifique a(s) etnia(s) indígena(s) em até dois registros.
Fields	4.03.1 ETNIA 1; 4.03.2 ETNIA 2 — list opened from the Indigenous ethnicity list.

Question type: 3 — specified list with up to two Indigenous ethnicity entries

Source: Brazil_2022_questionario_basico_IBGE_PT.pdf

Canada

Status: Yes
Year: 2021
Form: 2021 Census of Population — 2A-L Long Form
Question: 23. What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person’s ancestors?

23. What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person’s ancestors?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
Instruction	Specify as many origins as applicable using capital letters.
Examples	White; South Asian; Chinese; Black; Filipino; Arab; Latin American; Southeast Asian; West Asian; Korean; Japanese; Other group — specify.

Question type: 3 — specified categories plus write-in; multiple origins permitted

Source: Canada_2021_2A-L_long_form_EN.pdf

Costa Rica

Status: Yes
Year: 2022
Form: XI Censo Nacional de Población y VII de Vivienda — Enumeration Form
Question: 7. Ahora cambiando de tema, según sus antepasados, costumbres y tradiciones, ¿(nombre) se considera...?

7. Ahora cambiando de tema, según sus antepasados, costumbres y tradiciones, ¿(nombre) se considera...?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
1	indígena
2	negro(a) o afrodescendiente
3	mulato(a)
4	chino(a) o de origen chino
5	mestizo(a)
6	blanco(a)
7	Otra
8	Ninguna
9	No sabe

Question type: 3 — specified categories plus other

Source: Costa_Rica_2022_enumeration_form_ES.pdf

Guam

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of Guam — Demographic and Housing Questionnaire
Question: 15

What is this person’s ancestry or ethnic origin?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
Prompt examples	Italian, Jamaican, African Am., Cambodian, Cape Verdean, Norwegian, Dominican, French Canadian, Haitian, Korean, Lebanese, Polish, Nigerian, Mexican, Taiwanese, and so on.

Question type: 4 — write-in response with examples in the prompt

Source: guam_2020_questionnaire.pdf

Guatemala

Status: Yes
Year: 2018
Form: Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2017–2018 — Enumeration Form
Question: PCP12

Según su origen o historia, ¿cómo se considera o auto identifica?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
Options	Maya; Garífuna; Xinka; Afrodescendiente/Creole/Afromestizo; Ladina(o); Extranjera(o).

Question type: 2 — specified self-identification options

Source: Guatemala_2018_enumeration_form_ES.pdf

Mexico

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 — Cuestionario básico
Question: Q2

Por sus antepasados y de acuerdo con sus costumbres y tradiciones, ¿(NOMBRE) se considera afromexicano(a), negro(a) o afrodescendiente?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
1	Yes.
3	No.

Question type: 2 — specified identity options

Source: Mexico_2020_cuestionario_basico_INEGI.pdf

Northern Mariana Islands

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — Demographic and Housing Questionnaire
Question: Q6

Is this person of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
No	No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin.
Yes	Yes, Mexican/Mexican American/Chicano; Puerto Rican; Cuban; or another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin — print the origin.

Question type: 2 — specified Hispanic-origin categories

Source: Northern_mariana_islands_2020_questionnaire.pdf

Panama

Status: Yes
Year: 2023
Form: XII Censo de Población y VIII de Vivienda — Cuestionario Censal Década 2020
Question: Q8–Q9

Q8: Por sus costumbres, tradiciones y sus antepasados, ¿se considera (USTED/NOMBRE) indígena? Q9: Por sus costumbres, tradiciones y sus antepasados, ¿se considera (USTED/NOMBRE)... [Afro-descendant identities]?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
Indigenous Q8	Kuna; Ngäbe; Buglé; Naso; Teribe; Bokota; Emberá; Wounaan; Bri Bri; Otro grupo indígena; Ninguno.
Afro-descendant Q9	Afrodescendiente; Afropanameño(a); Moreno(a); Negro(a); Afrocolonial; Afroantillano(a); Other Afro-descendant group; Ninguno.

Question type: 2 — specified self-identification categories

Source: Panama_2023_enumeration_form_ES.pdf

Puerto Rico

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of Puerto Rico — Decennial Questionnaire
Question: Q8

¿Es esta persona de origen hispano, latino o español?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
No	No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin.
Yes	Mexican/Mexican American/Chicano; Puerto Rican; Cuban; or another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin — print the origin.

Question type: 2 — specified Hispanic-origin categories

Source: Puerto_Rico_2020_decennial_form_ES_EN.pdf

United States

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of the United States — Decennial Questionnaire
Question: Q8

Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
No	No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin.
Yes	Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano; Puerto Rican; Cuban; or another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin — print the origin.

Question type: 2 — specified Hispanic-origin categories plus write-in

Source: US_2020_decennial_enumeration_form_EN_ES_IPUMS.pdf

U.S. Virgin Islands

Status: Yes
Year: 2020
Form: 2020 Census of the U.S. Virgin Islands — Demographic and Housing Questionnaire
Question: Q6

Is this person of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?

Responses:

Code / item	Response
No	No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin.
Yes	Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano; Puerto Rican; Cuban; or another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin — print the origin.

Question type: 2 — specified Hispanic-origin categories plus write-in

Source: us_virgin_islands_2020_questionnaire.pdf