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How cheaper DNA tests influenced the census results

The latest census results show about 1 in 10 people in the U.S. identify with more than one race. That’s almost four times more than a decade ago. Cheaper DNA tests may have helped drive that jump.

NPR’s census correspondent Hansi Lo Wang reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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