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
30	CATTARAUGUAS
30	CATTARAUGUS
10	CAUCASIAN
30	CAYUGA
30	CAYUSE
10	CELTIC
30	CENTRAL AM INDIAN
51	CENTRAL AMERICAN
41	CEYLONESE
45	CHAAM
30	CHAKTAW
10	CHALDEAN
55	CHAMORRO
51	CHAMOSSO
30	CHASTA COSTA
30	CHEHALIS
30	CHEMEHUEVI
30	CHEROKEE
30	CHETCO
30	CHEYENNE
30	CHEYENNE SIOUX
10	CHICANA
10	CHICANO
30	CHICKAHOMINY
30	CHICKASAW
10	CHILEAN
10	CHILIAN
30	CHIMARIKO
42	CHINESE
30	CHINOOK
30	CHIPEWYAN
30	CHIPPEWA
30	CHIRICAHUA
30	CHITIMACHA
30	CHOCTAW
30	CHOL
30	CHONTAL
30	CHORTI
30	CHUCKCHANSI
30	CHUKCHANSI
30	CHUMASH
59	CHUUKESE
30	CLACKAMUS
30	CLALLAM
30	CLATSOP
30	CLEAR LAKE
30	COAST SALISH
30	COCHIMI
30	COCHITI
30	COCOPA
30	COCOPAH
30	COEUR D'ALENE
51	COLESTRAN
10	COLOMBIAN
20	COLORED
30	COLUMBIA
30	COLVILLE
30	COMANCHE
30	COMOX
30	CONCOW
30	CONQUILLE
30	COOS
51	COSMOPOLITAN
10	COSTA RICAN
10	COSTARRICENSE
30	COUSHATTA
30	COVELO
30	COW CREEK
30	COWICHAN
30	COWLITZ
30	COYOTERO
30	CREE
30	CREEK
10	CREOLE
10	CROAT
10	CROATIAN
30	CROW
30	CROW CREEK
10	CRUCIAN
10	CUBAN
30	CUPENO
10	CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
30	DAKOTA
10	DANISH
98	DECLINES TO STATE
30	DELAWARE
10	DENMARK
30	DIEGENO
30	DIEGUENO
30	DIGGER
30	DOG RIB
20	DOMINICAN
20	DOMINICANO
30	DUCKWATER
10	DUTCH
41	DUTCH EAST INDIES
41	DUTCH INDONESIAN
52	EAST INDIAN
41	EAST INDIES
52	EASTERN IND
10	EBIAN
10	ECUADORIAN
10	EGYPTIAN
51	EL SALVADOR
10	ENGLISH
59	ENIWETOK IS
20	ERITREA
20	ERITREAN
57	ESKIMO
10	ESPANA
10	ESPANOL
10	ESTONIAN
20	ETHIOPIA
20	ETHIOPIAN
30	EUCHI
40	EURASIAN
10	EUROPEAN
30	EYAK
10	FALKLAND IS
42	FAR YEN
42	FAR YUEN
10	FERNANDO PO
59	FIJIAN
53	FILIPINO
10	FINNISH
30	FLATHEAD
42	FORMOSAN
30	FORT HALL
30	FOX
10	FRENCH
10	FRENCH CANADIAN
10	FRENCH GUIANA
30	FRENCH INDIAN
59	FUJI INDIAN
30	GABRIELENO
10	GALAPAGOS IS
30	GALICE CREEK
10	GANESE
10	GANESEAN
30	GAYHEAD
10	GEORGIAN
10	GERMAN
20	GHANAIAN
59	GILBERTESE
52	GOANESE
30	GOSHUTE
30	GOSIUTE
30	GRAND RONDE
30	GRAPALENO
10	GREEK
30	GROS VENTRE
55	GUAMANIAN
55	GUAMESE
55	GUAMIAN
51	GUATEMALA
51	GUATEMALAN
51	GUYAN
51	GUYANAN
51	GUYANESE
10	GYPSY
30	HAIDA
20	HAITIAN
30	HALIWA
20	HAMITIC
30	HAN
30	HARE
30	HAT CREEK
30	HAVASUPAI
54	HAWAIIAN
30	HAWASUPAI
10	HEBREW
30	HIDATSA
52	HINDU
10	HISPANIC
10	HISPANO
49	HMONG
30	HOH
51	HONDURAN
42	HONG KONG
30	HOOPA
30	HOPI
30	HOUMA
30	HOWONQUET
30	HUALAPAI
30	HUASTEC
30	HUMBOLDT BAY
10	HUNGARIAN
30	HUPA
30	HURON
10	IBERIAN
10	ICELANDIC
30	ILLINOIS
30	INCA
52	INDIAN ASIAN
41	INDONESIA
41	INDONESIAN
30	INGALIK
57	INUIT
30	IOWA
30	IPAI-TIPAI
10	IRANIAN
10	IRAQI
10	IRAQUI
10	IRISH
30	IROQUOIS
10	ISLAMIC
30	ISLETA
10	ISRAELI
10	ISRAELIAN
10	ISRAELITE
10	ITALIAN
51	JACK WHITE
51	JACKSON WHITE
20	JAMAICAN
43	JAPANESE
41	JAVA
30	JEMEZ
10	JERUSALEM
10	JEW
10	JEWISH
30	JICARILLA
10	JORDAN
10	JORDANIAN
30	JOSHUA
30	JUAHSHAW
30	JUANENO
30	KAIBAH
30	KALISPEL
30	KANOSH
30	KANSA
30	KARANKAWA
41	KAREN
30	KAROK
30	KARUK
30	KASHAYA POMO
30	KASKA
30	KAW
30	KAWAI
41	KAYAN
20	KENYAN
30	KERESAN PUEBLO
30	KERN RIVER
46	KHMER
48	KHMU
30	KICHAI
30	KICKAPOO
30	KIOWA
30	KIOWA APACHE
30	KITAMAT
30	KLAMATH
30	KLIKITAT
30	KOASATI
30	KONA
30	KOOTENAI
44	KOREAN
10	KOSOVAR
10	KOSOVARIAN
59	KOSRAEAN
10	KURDISH
30	KUSA
30	KUTCHIN
10	KUWAITIAN
59	KWAJALEIN IS
30	KWAKIUTL
10	LA RAZA
30	LAC COURTE
10	LADINA
10	LADINO
30	LAGUNA
48	LAHU
30	LAKMUIT
30	LAKOTA
30	LAKOTA SIOUX
48	LAOTIAN
10	LATIN
10	LATIN AMERICAN
10	LATINA
10	LATINO
10	LATVIAN
10	LEBANESE
30	LENCA
20	LIBERIAN
10	LIBYAN
30	LIPAN APACHE
10	LITHUANIAN
30	LOWER BRULE
30	LUISENO
30	LUMBEE
30	LUMMI
42	MACANESE
42	MACAU
10	MACEDONIAN
30	MAHICAN
30	MAIDU
10	MAJORCA
30	MAKAH
51	MAL
51	MALADA
20	MALAGASY
20	MALAWIAN
41	MALAYAN
41	MALAYSIA
41	MALAYSIAN
30	MALECITE
30	MALISEET
10	MALLORQUIN
10	MALTESE
51	MANAGUA
51	MANATUAN
30	MANDAN
59	MAORI
59	MARIANA IS
30	MARICOPA
59	MARSHALLESE
10	MARSHENESE
30	MARY'S RIVER
30	MASHPEE
30	MATTAPONI
10	MAURITIAN
30	MAYA
30	MAYAN
30	MAYO
30	MDEWAKANTON
10	MEDITERRANEAN
59	MELANESIAN
30	MENOMINEE
30	MENOMINI
30	MEQUENDODON
30	MESCALERO
51	MESTIZA
51	MESTIZO
51	MESTIZO INCA
30	METIS
30	MEWA
30	MEWUK
10	MEXICAN
10	MEXICAN AMERICAN
30	MEXICAN INDIAN
30	MIAMI
30	MICCOSUKEE
30	MICMAC
59	MICRONESIAN
10	MID EASTERN
41	MIEN
30	MISSION BANDS
30	MISSION INDIAN
30	MISSOURI
30	MIWOK
30	MIXE
51	MIXED
30	MIXTEC
30	MODOC
10	MOHAMMEDAN
30	MOHAVE
30	MOHAWK
30	MOHEGAN
30	MOJAVE
30	MOLALA
10	MOLDOVIAN
30	MONACHI
51	MONGREL
30	MONO
20	MONROVIAN
30	MONTAGNAIS
30	MONTAUK
10	MONTENEGRIN
51	MOOR
51	MOORISH
30	MORENA
30	MORENO
10	MOROCCAN
10	MOSLEM
51	MOSOTHO
30	MUCKLESHOOT
20	MUGANDAN
20	MULATTO
30	MUNSEE
30	MUSCOGEE
30	MUSKOGEAN
10	MUSLIM
30	MYWUK
30	N AMERICAN INDIAN
30	NAMBE
30	NAMSEMOND
30	NANTICOKE
30	NARRAGANSETT
30	NASKAPI
20	NASSAU
30	NATCHEZ
30	NATIVE AMERICAN
30	NAVAHO
30	NAVAJO
20	NEGRO
41	NEPALESE
10	NETHERLANDS
59	NEW HEBRIDESIS
10	NEW ZEALAND
30	NEZPERCE
30	NIANTIC
51	NICARAGUA
51	NICARAGUAN
20	NIGERIAN
30	NIPMUCK
43	NIPON
43	NIPPONESE
30	NISQUALLY
30	NOMELAKI
30	NOOKSAK
30	NOOTKA
10	NORDIC
30	NORTH PAIUTE
10	NORWEGIAN
98	NOT GIVEN
98	NOT STATED
20	NUBIAN
30	NUMSOOSE
30	OAXACAN
30	OAXCA
10	OCCIDENTAL
20	OCTAROON
30	ODAWA
30	OGALIA
30	OGLALA SIOUX
30	OHLONE
30	OINSHI
30	OJIBWAY
30	OKANOGAN
43	OKINAWAN
30	OLMEC
30	OMAHA
30	ONEIDA
30	ONONDAGA
30	OPATA
30	OPATO
30	OSAGE
51	OTHER
30	OTO
30	OTOE
30	OTOMI
30	OTTAWA
30	OZETTE
59	PACIFIC IS
30	PAIUTE
41	PAKISTAN
41	PAKISTANI
59	PALAUAN
53	PALAWAN
10	PALESTINE
10	PALESTINIAN
30	PALOUSE
30	PAMUNKEY
51	PANAMA
51	PANAMANIAN
51	PANAMENO
10	PANAMERICAN
30	PANAMINT
30	PAPAGO
59	PAPUA NEW GUINEAN
10	PARAGUAYAN
10	PARSI
30	PASSAMAQUODDY
30	PATWIN
30	PAWNEE
30	PEN D'OREILLE
30	PENNACOOK
30	PENOBSCOT
30	PENUTIAN
30	PEORIA
30	PEQUOT
30	PERICUE
10	PERSIAN
10	PERUVIAN
53	PHILIPINO
51	PHOENICIAN
30	PICURIS
30	PIMA
30	PIME
30	PIT RIVER
30	PLAINS CREE
30	PLAINS OBJIBAY
59	POHNPEIAN
30	POJOAQUE
10	POLISH
59	POLYNESIAN
30	POMO
30	POMOC
59	PONAPEAN
30	PONCA
30	POOSEPATUCK
10	PORTUGUESE
30	POTAWATOME
30	POTAWATOMEE
30	POTAWATOMI
30	POTOMAC
30	POTTAWATTIMI
30	POWHATAN
30	PUEBLO
10	PUERTO RICAN
52	PUNJAB
52	PUNJABI
30	PUYALLUP
20	QUADROON
30	QUAPAW
30	QUECHAN
30	QUECHUA
30	QUILEUTE
30	QUINAIELT
30	QUINAULT
30	RAPPAHANNOCK
30	RED
30	REDDING
30	REDWOOD CREEK
98	REFUSED
30	RESIGHINI
20	RHODESIAN
30	ROGUE RIVER
10	ROMANIAN
30	ROSEBUD SIOUX
59	ROTANESE
30	ROUND VALLEY
10	RUSSIAN
43	RYUKYAN
30	S AMERICAN INDIAN
30	SAC
30	SAC AND FOX
30	SAC FOX
10	SACON
30	SAGINAW
45	SAIGON
59	SAIPANESE
30	SALISH
51	SALVADORIAN
56	SAMOAN
30	SAN FELIPE
30	SAN ILDEFONSO
30	SAN JUAN
30	SAN LORENZO
30	SAN LUIS OBISPO
30	SAN LUISENO
30	SAN MANUEL
51	SAN SALVADOR
30	SANDIA
30	SANPOIL
30	SANPOIL NESPELEM
30	SANT'ANA
30	SANTA BARBARA
30	SANTA CLARA
30	SANTA YNEZ
30	SANTEE
30	SANTEE SIOUX
10	SANTIAGAN
10	SANTIAGO
30	SANTIAM
20	SANTO DOMINGAN
30	SAPONI
30	SARCEE
10	SAUDI ARABIAN
30	SAUK
30	SAUK AND FOX
10	SAXON
10	SAXONY
10	SCANDINAVIAN
30	SCATICOOK
10	SCOTCH
10	SCOTTISH
30	SEKANE
30	SELAWIK
30	SEMANOLE
30	SEMINOLE
10	SEMITIC
30	SENECA
44	SEOUL
10	SERBIAN
30	SERI
30	SERRANO
10	SERVIAN
20	SEYCHELLOISE
42	SHANGHAI
30	SHASTA
30	SHAWNEE
30	SHINNECOCK
30	SHINNECOK
30	SHIVWITS
30	SHOSHONE
30	SHUSWAP
30	SHUSWAPES
47	SIAMESE
51	SIAMSH AM
10	SICILIAN
52	SIKH
52	SIKHISM
30	SILETZ
41	SINGAPORIAN
41	SINGHALESE
41	SINHALESE
42	SINO BURMAN
30	SIOUANS
30	SIOUX
30	SISSETON
30	SIUSLAW
30	SKAGIT SUIATTLE
30	SKOKOMISH
30	SLAVE
10	SLAVIC
10	SLOVAKIAN
10	SLOVENIAN
30	SMITH RIVER
30	SNAKE
30	SNOHOMISH
30	SNOQUALMI
99	SOANISH
30	SOBONA
59	SOLOMON IS
20	SOMALIAN
30	SONGISH PAUITE
20	SOUTH AFRICAN
10	SOUTH AMERICAN
30	SOUTH PAIUTE
10	SPANIARD
10	SPANISH
30	SPOKANE
30	SQUAXIN
41	SRI LANKAN
30	STOCKBRIDGE
20	SUDANESE
30	SUMO MOSQUITO
10	SUNNI
30	SUQUAMISH
10	SURINAM
10	SURINAME
30	SUSQUEHANNOC
10	SWEDISH
30	SWINOMISH
10	SWISS
10	SYRIAN
53	TAGALOG
59	TAHITIAN
30	TAIMSKIN
42	TAIWAN
42	TAIWANESE
30	TALAWA
41	TAMIL CEYLONESE
41	TAMIL MALAYAN
30	TANANA
30	TANOAN PUEBLOS
20	TANZANIAN
30	TAOS
30	TARAHUMARE
30	TARAHUMAREX
30	TARASCAN
59	TARAWA IS
30	TAWAKONI
10	TEHRAN
30	TEJON
30	TENINO
30	TESUQUE
30	TETON
30	TETON SIOUX
10	TEUTONIC
30	TEWA
47	THAI
30	THLINGET
30	THLINGIT
41	TIBETAN
30	TIGUA
30	TILLAMOOK
30	TIMUCUA
59	TINIAN IS
30	TIQUA
30	TLINGIT
20	TOBAGO
59	TOKELAUAN
30	TOLOWA
30	TOLTEC
30	TONAWANDA
59	TONGAN
30	TONKAWA
30	TONTO APACHE
30	TOPINISH
30	TOTONAC
51	TRIGUENO
20	TRINIDADIAN
59	TRUK
59	TRUKESE
30	TSIMPSHIAN
30	TSIMSHIAN
30	TULALIP
30	TULE RIVER INDIAN
30	TUNICA
10	TUNISIAN
10	TURK
10	TURKISH
30	TUSCARORA
30	TUTUTNI
41	UBONTILIAN
20	UGANDAN
10	UKRAINIAN
10	UKRANIAN
51	ULITHIAN
30	UMATILLA
30	UMPQUA
99	UNKNOWN
30	UPPER CHINOOK
10	URUGUAYAN
30	UTE
10	VALENCIAN
10	VENEZUELAN
10	VERA CRUZ
45	VIETNAM
45	VIETNAMESE
30	WACA
30	WACO
30	WAHPETON
30	WAICURI
30	WAILACKI
30	WAILAKI
30	WALAPAI
30	WALLA WALLA
30	WAMPANOAG
30	WAPATO
30	WAPPINGER
30	WARM SPRINGS
30	WASCO
30	WASHO
30	WASHOE
10	WASP
10	WELSH
30	WEOTT
30	WESTERN APACHE
20	WESTERN INDIAN
30	WESTERN SHOSHONE
10	WHITE
30	WICHITA
30	WIKCHAMNI
30	WILKUT
30	WIND RIVER
30	WINNEBAGO
30	WINTU
30	WINTUN
30	WISHRAM
98	WITHHELD
30	WYANDOTTE
30	WYLACKI
30	XICAQUE
52	XINDU
30	YAHI
30	YAHOOSKIN
30	YAKIMA
30	YAMASEE
30	YAMEL
30	YANA
30	YANKTON
30	YANKTON SIOUX
30	YANKTONNAIS
59	YAPANES
59	YAPESE
30	YAQUI
30	YAQUINA
30	YAVAPAI
30	YAWILMANI
30	YELLOW KNIFE
10	YEMAN
10	YEMEN
10	YEMENITE
30	YERINGTON
30	YOCA
30	YOKUT
30	YOKUTS
30	YOMBA SHOSONE
20	YORUBA
30	YUCHI
10	YUGOSLAVIAN
30	YUKI
30	YUMA
30	YUROK
30	ZACATEC
20	ZAMBIA
30	ZAPOTEC
30	ZIA
30	ZOQUE
10	ZOROASTRIAN
30	ZUNI

Updated May 21, 2007 by PM Chen

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