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2/6/2020
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLIENT DATA TABLE
*NOTE – For housing activity or other activity that benefits whole families, please report # of households in addition to # of
persons, where applicable.
New Data Collection Requirements:
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) significantly revised standards for Federal agencies, including HUD, that
collect, maintain, or report Federal data on race and ethnicity for statistical purposes, program administrative reporting, or
civil rights compliance reporting. Under the revised policy, HUD must offer respondents the option of selecting one or
more of five racial categories. HUD must treat ethnicity as a category separate from race, and change terminology for
certain racial groups and ethnic groups.
Due to what was learned from conducting the 2000 Census, OMB recommends that when collecting this data, grantees
must ask respondents to identify their ethnicity prior to asking them to identify their race.
Definitions:
Ethnicity Choices (select only one): The ethnicity question should precede the race question.
Hispanic or Latino: A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin,
regardless of race. The term, Spanish origin, can be used in addition to Hispanic or Latino.
OR
Not Hispanic or Latino: A person not of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or
origin, regardless of race.
Race Choices
The five racial categories according to OMB are defined as follows:
1. American Indian or Alaska Native
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who
maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
2. Asian
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Far East, Southeast Asia, or Indian subcontinent including, for
example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
3. Black or African American
A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as “Haitian” or “Negro” can be used in
addition to “Black” or “African American.”
4. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
5. White
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
