description | The codes for the concepts 'Unknown' and 'Asked but no answer' and the the codes for the five race categories - 'American Indian' or 'Alaska Native', 'Asian', 'Black or African American', 'Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander', and 'White' - as defined by the [OMB Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, as revised, October 30, 1997](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-10-30/pdf/97-28653.pdf) . | The codes for the concepts 'Unknown', 'Asked but Unknown', 'Other Race'* and
the codes for the five race categories - 'American Indian' or 'Alaska Native',
'Asian', 'Black or African American', 'Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander', and 'White' - as defined by the [OMB Standards for Maintaining,
Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Statistical
Policy Directive No. 15, as revised, October 30,
1997](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-10-30/pdf/97-28653.pdf)
\* The use of 'Other Race' is discouraged for statistical analysis. | |