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Originally Posted by Yuri
Yeah, in 2010, for example, over half of Hispanics were checking "White" and there were 223.6 million for only 196.8 million NH Whites. Given that there are many Whites amongst Hispanics (15%-20% maybe, I don't know), this might explain the difference in 2020.
Moreover, as immigration from Latin America is on the lowest since decades, this group will eventually lose their foreign outlook. And White Hispanics, due better socioeconomics and inherent prejudices still in place in the US (and also in Latin America), will most likely to be readily absorbed into the mainstream "White America", make the "White" and "NH White" distinction even less necessary in 2030 and beyond.
For one thing, it would make such analysis simpler.
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Unpopular opinion, but I think the "Hispanic" overlay onto U.S. racial convention is nonsense. It is the most discretionary of any demographic category that the census bureau tracks. It's common to have Hispanic siblings with the same parents check different boxes because one has a lighter skin tone than the other. Racial categories in the U.S. context were meant to be much more rigid.
It also has a more subtle but huge flaw in that a significant number of Hispanics in the U.S. are actually from an indigenous American background, but that doesn't show up in the way we track ethnicity data.