Census Bureau

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? Mapped: Multiracial population booms

Data: Census Bureau. Map: Alice Feng/Axios Former President Trump's false new attack against Vice President Harris, questioning whether she can identify with more than one race, arrives at a time when the number of multiracial people in the U.S. is surging, Axios' Astrid Galván and Russell Contreras write. Why it matters: Trump's comments illuminate how some Americans consistently misunderstand the complexities of people from multiple racial and ethnic backgrounds, and how those identities shape their lives. State of play: People who identify as multiracial, or more than one race, are among the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. population, according to the Census Bureau. The 2020 census found that those who identify as multiracial grew from 9 million in 2010 to 33.8 million a decade later — a 276% jump.

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? Mapped: Uninsured Americans

Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Note: Estimated from administrative and survey data; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Florida have the highest share of uninsured residents, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj report. ? How it works: Three of those four states — Texas, Wyoming and Florida — are among the small group of holdouts that never adopted Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. Massachusetts, D.C. and Hawai'i have the lowest uninsured rates.

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🔎 America's hidden race data

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images

America is becoming more multiracial, but its data systems are still thinking in black and white, Axios' Russell Contreras writes. Why it matters: Outdated measurement systems are shaping how elections are analyzed, health risks are tracked and civil rights laws are enforced. 🧮 By the numbers: The multiracial ("Two or More Races") population grew from 9 million in 2010 to 33.8 million in 2020, per the U.S. Census. It's expected to keep growing faster than most groups, and exactly how fast largely depends on how America measures race. Friction point: The same population can produce different answers depending on how race is measured. Even basic analysis is difficult because the "multiracial population" isn't one group.