States use a variety of means to divide their populations into various identity categories.
The principal investigators have recently completed a book manuscript, growing out of two conferences held at the Watson Institute that considered the census from a comparative perspective. Click here to see the title page and Table of Contents, and here to see the first chapter. The Census Project team also is conducting field research on the first censuses of the former Soviet Union. Early reports on their findings will be provided in spring 2001 both at a special panel of the Association for the Study of Nationalities in New York, and at a workshop to be held at the Watson Institute. Click here to view the proposal description.