Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

Federal standards for race and ethnicity data collection and presentation.

Scope and limitations

Federal standards for race and ethnicity data collection and presentation.

Limitations: A classification standard does not itself establish discrimination or causal mechanisms.

Open external source

Issue packet placements

40 issue packet placement(s). A placement does not extend the source beyond its recorded scope.

Publication and provenance

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.

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