According to US Census Bureau figures released Thursday, whites in US will be a minority population by 2042, a decade eariler than previously projected.
According to US Census Bureau figures released Thursday, Whites in US will be a minority population by 2042, a decade eariler than previously projected.
While 65 percent of the US population is projected to be white in 2010, those numbers will start to decline around the 2030s as white deaths outpace births, according to the figures.
US Population Growth Surpasses That of EU
Sustained immigration and high birthrates have placed the rate of US population growth well ahead of Europe's, despite lower life expectancy in North America, a new study said Wednesday.
Sustained immigration and high birthrates have placed the rate of US population growth well ahead of Europe's, despite lower life expectancy in North America, a new study said Wednesday.
The largest growth will be among Hispanics, expected to be 133 million by 2050 -- almost a third of the projected US population growth between 2010 and 2050 -- due to high birth rates and immigration.
The Asian population will rise from 4.5 percent in 2010 to nearly 8 percent in 2050, but the non-Hispanic black population is expected to remain steady, going from 12.2 percent of the population in 2010 to 11.8 percent by 2050, the figures show.
To Ensure a Stable Population, Give Women Choice on Having Kids
To Ensure a Stable Population, Give Women Choice on Having Kids
A new book 'More: Population states that expanding the capacity of all women to choose when to bear children is the surest route to achieving an environmentally sustainable population.
A new book 'More: Population states that expanding the capacity of all women to choose when to bear children is the surest route to achieving an environmentally sustainable population.
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