The race/ethnicity categories presented in EveryStat are constrained by CDC conventions. For instance, while “American Indian,” “Asian,” “Black,” and “white” are designations that describe race, “Hispanic” is considered an ethnicity.
Following CDC conventions, Hispanic captures those who self-identify as Latinx. However, the terms “Latinx” and “Hispanic” are not completely interchangeable. “Latinx” typically describes individuals of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South American, or Central American ancestry. It does not include people who trace their ancestry to Spain.
The category “Asian” encompasses those who would self-identify as Pacific Islander, and the category, “American Indian” encompasses those who would self-identify as Native American, First Nations, Indigenous American, or Alaska Native.