The identity of America’s largest ethnic group has long seemed cut and dried. But new data is challenging the conventional wisdom.

The head of Myanmar's military government has charged that a major offensive in the country's northeast by an alliance of armed ethnic minority organizations was funded in part by profits earned ...

Major ethnic groups in Nigeria have made a renewed call for the return of the country to a regional system of government, saying it is the only way to drive development. The demand came after ...

Latinos are officially the largest ethnic group in Texas. But experts say this population growth is a long way from translating into more political power.

Nearly two-thirds of workers added to the state’s labor force over the last decade are Hispanic, filling a critical need during a shortage of workers as they become Texas’ largest ethnic group ...

Latinos in Texas have eclipsed non-Hispanic whites as the dominant ethnic group in the state, but the group's political power has yet to catch up.

Israel’s mosaic of Jewish ethnic groups is key to understanding the country The diversity of Israel’s Jewish population has been a source of tensions, but also strength, over the decades.

The largest Jewish ethnic group in Israel, about 40% to 45% of the country’s total population, is called Mizrahi, which means “Eastern” in Hebrew.