Managing an Identity Crisis: Forum Guide to Implementing New Federal Race and Ethnicity Categories

NFES 2008-802 October 2008

Exhibit 5.1 Full List of Sixty-four Possible Combinations of New Race and Ethnicity Codes as Found in NCES Statistical Standards Program

Race/Ethnicity	Hispanic/Latino	Non-Hispanic/Latino
Single Race
White	1	33
Black or African American	2	34
Asian	3	35
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	36
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	37
Combination of Two Races
White and Black or African American	6	38
White and Asian	7	39
White and American Indian or Alaska Native	8	40
White and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	41
Black or African American and Asian	10	42
Black or African American and American Indian or Alaska Native	11	43
Black or African American and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	44
Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native	13	45
Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	46
American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	47
Combination of Three Races
White and Black or African American and Asian	16	48
White and Black or African American and American Indian or Alaska Native	17	49
White and Black or African American and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	50
White and Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native	19	51
White and Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	52
White and American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	53
Black or African American and Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	54
Black or African American and Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native	23	55
Black or African American and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and American Indian or Alaska Native	24	56
Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and American Indian or Alaska Native	25	57
Combination of Four Races
White and Black or African American and Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native	26	58
White and Black or African American and American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	59
White and Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	60
White and Black or African American and American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	61
Black or African American and Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	30	62
Combination of Five Races
White and Black African American and Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	31	63
No Race Specified or Refused
Includes not reported	32	64

SOURCE: NCES Statistical Standard Programs. The system was first introduced by Dennis Powell, formerly with the Illinois State Board of Education.