The terms single-race Black and Black alone are used interchangeably throughout the report to refer to the same population. The terms Black population and Black people are used interchangeably in this report. This includes those who say their race is only Black those who say Black is one of two or more races in their background and those who say they their race is Black, or that one of their races is Black but also indicate they are of Hispanic or Latino or Black origin.
Black population or total Black population refers to all people who self-identify as Black in the United States. Unless otherwise noted, adults are those who are ages 18 and older. These changes may impact how many people identify as Black (or any other race). Census Bureau can change as the way the nation sees itself changes (see the “Measuring ethnic and racial identity” section of this report for more details on census years).
In addition, the racial and ethnic categories used by the U.S. However, an individual’s racial and ethnic self-identification may not be fixed and instead can change over time. Census Bureau products (decennial censuses and iterations of the American Community Survey) to identify the nation’s Black population. This report relies on self-identification of race and ethnicity in U.S.
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