Racial info, poorly gathered, in a state (10)
I believe the answer is:
california
'a state' is the definition.
(California is an example)
'racial info poorly gathered' is the wordplay.
'poorly gathered' is an anagram indicator.
'racial'+'info'='racialinfo'
'racialinfo' is an anagram of 'CALIFORNIA'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for california that I've seen before include "The Golden State" , "US state" .)