California Race List

Official California Department of Health Services race origin codes are as follows:

Code

Race

10

WHITE, UNSPECIFIED

11

WHITE, SPECIFIED

20

BLACK, UNSPECIFIED

21

BLACK, SPECIFIED

30

AMERICAN INDIAN, UNSPECIFIED

31

AMERICAN INDIAN, SPECIFIED

40

ASIAN, UNSPECIFIED

41

ASIAN, OTHER

42

CHINESE

43

JAPANESE

44

KOREAN

45

VIETNAMESE

46

CAMBODIAN

47

THAI

48

LAOTIAN

49

HMONG

51

OTHER, SPECIFIED

52

INDIAN-ASIAN

53

FILIPINO

54

HAWAIIAN

55

GUAMANIAN

56

SAMOAN

57

ESKIMO

58

ALEUT

59

PACIFIC ISLNDR

98

WITHHELD

99

UNKNOWN

 

AVSS has a list of standard race choices based on specifications provided in the Electronic Submission Specifications from the Department of Health Services as follows:

Code

Race Text

30

ABNAKI

30

ABSENTEE

30

ACJACHEMEM

30

ACOMA

10

AFGHAN

10

AFGHANISTAN

20

AFRICAN

20

AFRICAN AMERICAN

10

AFRIKANER

20

AFRO AMERICAN

30

AGUA CALIENTE

30

AK CHIN

30

ALABAMA

30

ALABAQMA

30

ALASKA NATIVE

10

ALASKAN

30

ALASKAN INDIAN

10

ALBANIAN

58

ALEUT

10

ALGERIAN

30

ALGONKIN

30

ALGONQUIAN

51

ALOCONA

30

ALSEA

10

AMERICAN

40

AMERICAN ASIAN

30

AMERICAN INDIAN

10

AMISH

10

ANGLO

10

ANGLO SAXON

30

APACHE

30

APALACHEE

30

AQUA CALIENT

10

ARAB

10

ARABIAN

10

ARABIC

30

ARAPAHO

30

ARAPAHOE

30

ARAWAK

10

ARGENTINA

10

ARGENTINIAN

30

ARIKARA

10

ARMENIAN

10

ARUBA

10

ARYAN

20

ASHANTI

52

ASIA INDIAN

40

ASIAN AMERICAN

52

ASIAN INDIAN

30

ASSINIBOIN

30

ASSINIBOINE

10

ASSYRIAN

30

ATACAPA

30

ATHABASCAN

30

ATHABASKAN

30

ATHAPASCAN

30

ATHAPASKAN

30

ATSINA

10

AUSTRALIAN

10

AUSTRIAN

10

AZORES

30

AZTEC

51

BAHAMIAN

10

BAHRAINIAN

10

BALEARIC IS

41

BANGLADESH

41

BANGLADESHI

30

BANNOCK

10

BASQUE

10

BAVARIAN

30

BEAR RIVER

30

BEAVER

51

BEGRI

10

BELGIAN

51

BELIZE

51

BELIZEAN

51

BELIZIAN

30

BELLA COOLA

52

BENGALI

30

BEOTHUK

10

BERBER

59

BIKINI IS

20

BILALIAN

20

BLACK

30

BLACKFEET

30

BLACKFOOT

10

BLANC

10

BLANCA

10

BLANCO

30

BLUE LAKE

10

BOGOTAN

51

BOHEMIAN

51

BOHORA

51

BOHRA

10

BOLIVIAN

30

BOOLD PIEGAN

10

BORICUA

10

BORINQUENO

10

BOSNIAN

10

BRAVA

10

BRAVO

10

BRAZIL

10

BRAZILEAN

10

BRAZILIAN

10

BRITISH

51

BRITISH HONDURAN

10

BRITON

30

BROTHERTON

10

BUENOS AIRES

10

BULGARIAN

41

BURMESE

30

CADDO

30

CAHUILLA

10

CAJUN

30

CAKCHIQUEL

30

CALAPOOYA

30

CALIF MISSION

10

CALIFORNIO

30

CALUSA

46

CAMBODIA

46

CAMBODIAN

10

CANADIAN

10

CANARY IS

42

CANTONESE

20

CAPE VERDE

51

CARIBBEAN

30

CARMEL

59

CAROLINIAN

30

CARRIER

10

CASTILIAN

10

CATALONIA

30

CATAWBA