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US population growth is driven ONLY by minorities with the white population declining for the first time in the nation's history
- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Data analysis by Brookings looked at the US population over the last decade
- The population grew by 19.5 million over the last decade, according to the report
- Data shows that 80% of the population identified as white in 1980; by 2000 that had dropped to 69.1% and by 2019 is it estimated to stand at 60.1%
- The Hispanic population grew by 20%, Asian American by 29%, and black populations grew 8.5%, between 2010 and 2019
- Estimates released by the US Census Bureau ahead of the 2020 results show that in 2019 more than 50% of those under 16 also identified as a minority
Posted by: Fred 2020-07-06 |
