Census: More Diversity, Slower Growth in U.S.A. 2050

Census Bureau Projects Tripling of Hispanic and Asian Populations in 50 Years; Non-Hispanic Whites May Drop To Half of Total Population
U.S. Census Bureau Release
The Census Bureau predicts that by the year 2066 half of all of the people living in the U.S. will trace their roots to places other than Western Europe. As the demographics of school districts change, school leaders are challenged to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population. How well they do so is tied to how well they understand the social and cultural backgrounds of their faculty, students and administrators.
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• Hispanics increased their hold as the country’s largest minority group, at 14.5 percent of the population, compared with 12.8 percent for blacks.
• Hispanic is a term for people with ethnic backgrounds in Spanish- speaking countries. Hispanics can be of any race, and most in the U.S. are white. When demographers talk about the shrinking percentage of white people in America, generally they are talking about whites who are not Hispanic.
• Such whites are a minority in four states — Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas — and the District of Columbia. The share of white people fell below 60 percent in three other states — Maryland, Georgia and Nevada. Nationally, non-Hispanic whites make up about 67 percent of the population, down from 70 percent at the start of the decade.
• California, New York, Texas and Florida have the nation’s largest immigrant populations. The new data show that immigrants will travel beyond those states if there are jobs available.
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