When responding, you’ll record the Hispanic origin of each person who is living in your home on April 1, 2020. HANSI LO WANG, BYLINE: For more than a half-century, just answering white has been enough to complete the race question on the census. Starting in mid-March 2020, everyone will be asked to complete the 2020 Census online, by phone, or by mail. The race and ethnicity questions provide important statistics. We understand you might have questions about providing this information. Questions Asked: Hispanic Origin The 2020 Census will ask a series of questions about you and each person who lives with you. Although the Census Bureau proposed a single question that merges race and ethnicity and adds “Hispanic, Latino or Spanish” and “Middle Eastern or North African,” those changes were not made. We ask the question this way to comply with the federal government’s standards—provided... Black or African American:. We ask about a person’s race to create statistics about race and to present other statistics by race groups. 2020 Census Questions: Race More about the Question Options. Responses to census questions provide a snapshot of the nation. But the 2020 census …