NEW CENSUS REPORT INDICATES WHITES LOSING MAJORITY STATUS (490 hits)
YOUR NATIONAL NEWS December 2012 Day 12 News Source: AP
A new census reports indicates projections that white people will no longer make up the majority in America by the year 2043. This is due in part by the reshaping of the nation's schools, workforce and elecctorate and redefining long-held notions of race. This offical projection was released on Wednesday by the Census Bureau. The report showing changing demographic mosaic political implicalions which gave the President a second term due to his support from 78% of non-white voters. The census in addition showed that longstanding fights over civil rights and racial equality are taking new directions, which may reshape race relations and common notions of being a minority. Fast growing population growths shows multiracial people are more than triple, from 7.5 million to 26.7 million. This peaked to project at 200 million by the year 2024. In addition, childiren of immigrants are said to be fast growing. In 1960 whites made up 85% of the United States but has stedily dropped afte 1965. Predictions show that among children minorities are becoming the majority and is expected to rise much sooner as in the year 2019. The Census show new births growing rapidly among minorities. Preditions entials that non-white groups where Hispanic white population remains the largest group as their growth populates the United States. The race and ethnic changes are alreaddy seen in pockts of the U.S. and in the younger age groups where roughly 45% of all K studes are Hispanics and Blacks. Many states such as Hawaii, California, New Mexico and Texas have minority populations greater than 50% across the U.S.
