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Data Collection: How To Collect 3.04 Race and Ethnicity
The FY2024 HUD Data Standards are effective on October 1, 2023, have combined Universal Data Elements 3.04 Race and 3.05 Ethnicity into a single data element 3.04 Race and Ethnicity. Universal Data Element 3.05 Ethnicity has been retired. This change was made to better reflect the diversity of the American people. People experiencing homelessness should select as many response options as they desire.
Data Collection
Staff observations should never be used to collect information on race and ethnicity. Provide all options to every client. Even if staff believes they can guess a client's race and/or ethnicity, every client must be asked for their self-reported information.
Race and Ethnicity
Clients may self-identify with one or more of different racial and/or ethnicity categories. Staff should help the client select as many race and/or ethnicity options they identify with. Client doesn't know or Client prefers not to answer should only be selected when a client does not know or prefers not to disclose their races and/or ethnicities from among the listed races and/or ethnicities.
Data Not Collected should only be used if the client was not asked this question.
This element also includes an open text box field for clients to report any additional race or ethnicity information they wish to share.
Options
| American Indian, Alaska Native, or Indigenous
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A person who identifies with any of the original peoples of North, Central, and South America. Examples include, but are not limited to, Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, Tlingit, etc. |
| Asian or Asian American
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A person who identifies with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in East Asia, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. Examples include, but are not limited to, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Pakistani, Vietnamese, or another representative nation/region. |
| Black, African American, or African
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A person who identifies with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the Black racial groups of Africa, including Afro-Caribbean. Examples include, but are not limited to, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, and Somali. |
| Hispanic/Latina/e/o
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A person who identifies with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Spanish cultures. Examples include, but are not limited to, Mexican or Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Salvadoran, Dominican, and Colombian. |
| Middle Eastern or North African
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A person who identifies with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups with origins in the Middle East and North Africa. Examples include, but are not limited to, Lebanese, Iranian, Egyptian, Syrian, Moroccan, and Israeli. |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
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A person who identifies with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or another Pacific Island. |
| White
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A person who identifies with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in Euope. Examples include, but are not limited to, German, Irish, Polish, English, French, and Norwegian. |
| Client doesn't know / Client prefers not to answer/ Data not collected
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| Additional Race and Ethnicity Detail (Text)
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Provide additional specificity the client would like to share about their race or ethnicity. |