race
Details
Question CODE WITHOUT ASKING ONLY IF THERE IS NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND. What race do you consider yourself? RECORD VERBATIM AND CODE.
Values
[1]white[2]black[3]other[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| A/B/C/- | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| A/B/C/D | 2006 |
| Full | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for race.
Counts by year:
| year | white | black | other | iap | Total |
| 1972 | 1348 | 261 | 4 | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1308 | 183 | 13 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1304 | 173 | 7 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1323 | 163 | 4 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1361 | 129 | 9 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1339 | 176 | 15 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1358 | 158 | 16 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1318 | 140 | 10 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1323 | 510 | 27 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1416 | 165 | 18 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1251 | 170 | 52 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1338 | 152 | 44 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1249 | 184 | 37 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1222 | 544 | 53 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1234 | 186 | 61 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1319 | 157 | 61 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1150 | 159 | 63 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1264 | 204 | 49 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1347 | 179 | 80 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2483 | 388 | 121 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2349 | 402 | 153 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2241 | 400 | 191 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2213 | 429 | 175 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2188 | 410 | 167 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2234 | 377 | 201 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3284 | 634 | 592 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1559 | 281 | 183 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 1550 | 311 | 183 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1477 | 301 | 196 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1890 | 386 | 262 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2100 | 490 | 277 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 1693 | 385 | 270 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 3110 | 463 | 405 | 54 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2514 | 565 | 412 | 53 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 2280 | 572 | 392 | 65 | 3309 |
| Total | 59937 | 10787 | 4803 | 172 | 75699 |
See also
Other Core:
cobarate,
coeftotlt,
cogradtounder,
mobile16,
reg16,
res16,
sex,
spbarate,
spgradtounder