Source: 200 Years of U.S. Census Taking: Population And Housing Questions 1790-1990. U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Bureau of the Census.^{1 In 1890,
mulatto was defined as a person who was three-eighths to five-eighths black. A quadroon
was one-quarter black and an octoroon one-eighth black.

2 Categories
printed in the 2000 Census Dress Rehearsal questionnaire.}