2010 Census results: What does they mean for the US?

[roni]

I am going to post an article from the L.A. Times about the changing ethnic character of the USA. I'll find more as time goes on, but this should get it started.

Lets talk about it.

Here is one of the money quotes:

"Much of the future of labor supply, of leadership in the United States is going to come from groups that historically have not received attention," Stoll said.

Minority population growing in the United States, census estimates show
Minorities now make up about 35% of the country's population, and about 57% of the population in California. Meanwhile, the white population continues to decline.

June 10, 2010|By Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times

Across the nation, the number of minorities continues to rise and the white population continues to decline, according to U.S. census estimates released Thursday.

Minorities now make up about 35% of the population in the United States, an increase of 5% from 2000, reflecting demographic changes seen most powerfully in the Golden State.

More of the country is going to be like California," said William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution. Minorities make up 57% of the population in California.

Last year, minorities helped the overall U.S. population grow by 2%, boosted by a surge in births and people who identified themselves as multiracial. In 2009, 5.3 million Americans classified themselves as multiracial, up 26% from 3.9 million in 2000.

The figures released Thursday come from estimates based on data collected last year. "As we get closer to the 2010 census, we're seeing a decade where the white population is aging," Frey said.

In 42 states, numbers show a loss of non-Hispanic whites under age 45. Nationally, this group declined by 8.4 million.

In contrast, the number of states in which the majority of children under 15 are minorities has increased, with Florida, Maryland, Georgia and Nevada bringing the number of such states to 10.

Much of the nation's demographic change is seen among children. In California, minorities make up 72% of those under age 15. In 2000, they made up 65%.

Nationally, 46% of children under 15 are minorities, compared with 40% in 2000.

In 2000, the District of Columbia and three states — Hawaii, New Mexico and California — had minority populations which exceeded 50%. In 2009, Texas joined that group.

"That's just the barometer of things that are likely to come over the next decade," said Michael Stoll, a professor of public policy at UCLA.

"Much of the future of labor supply, of leadership in the United States is going to come from groups that historically have not received attention," Stoll said.

Among Latinos, there are nine births for every one death, according to census data. For whites, the ratio is 1-1. "That's a huge difference," Stoll said.

[ProfessorPibil]

I imagine the quaint idea of a homogeneous mainstream white culture in the US will survive for a very long time in spite of demographic reality, as it's been doing for a couple of centuries...

[Skiptown]

I am officially a minority in the county I live in.

[roni]

WASHINGTON — In a surprising show of growth, Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the last decade, exceeding estimates in most states. Pulled by migration to the Sun Belt, America’s population center edged westward on a historic path to leave the Midwest.

The Census Bureau recently released its first set of national-level findings from the 2010 count on race and migration, detailing a decade in which rapid minority growth, aging whites and increased suburbanization were the predominant story lines.

Racial and ethnic minorities are expected to make up an unprecedented 90 percent of the total U.S. growth since 2000, due to immigration and higher birth rates for Latinos.

Based on 2010 census data that has been released so far on a state-by-state basis, the number of Hispanics is now at roughly 47 million with figures for New York, Maine and the District of Columbia to come later. The 2009 census data estimated the Hispanic count in those places at over 3 million, putting Hispanics on track to exceed 50 million. Demographers widely believe the 50 million threshhold will be reached, with a total count close to 50.5 million.

Currently the fastest-growing group, Hispanics now make up 1 in 6 Americans; among U.S. children, Hispanics are roughly 1 in 4.

According to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis, the 2010 count of Hispanics was on track to be 900,000 higher than expected as their ranks surpassed census estimates in roughly 40 states. Many of their biggest jumps were in the South, including Alabama, Louisiana and North Carolina, where immigrants made large inroads over the last decade.

More multiracial

Asians for the first time had a larger numeric gain than African Americans, who remained the second largest minority group at roughly 37 million. Based on the 2010 census results released by state so far, multiracial Americans were on track to increase by more than 25 percent, to about roughly 8.7 million.

The number of non-Hispanic whites, whose median age is now 41, edged up slightly to 197 million. Declining birth rates meant their share of the total U.S. population dropped over the last decade from 69 percent to roughly 64 percent.

“This really is a transformational decade for the nation,” said William H. Frey, a demographer at Brookings Institution who has analyzed most of the 2010 data. “The 2010 census shows vividly how these new minorities are both leading growth in the nation’s most dynamic regions and stemming decline in others.”

“They will form the bulk of our labor force growth in the next decade as they continue to disperse into larger parts of the country,” he said.

Political, center changes

The final figures come as states in the coming months engage in the contentious process of redrawing political districts based on population and racial makeup, with changes that analysts believe will result in more Hispanic-majority districts.

The population changes will result in a shift of 12 House seats and electoral votes affecting 18 states beginning in the 2012 elections. Illinois will lose one member of the House of Representatives. Most of the states picking up seats, which include Texas and Florida, are Republican-leaning, even as most of their growth is now being driven largely by Democrat-leaning Hispanics.

Geographers estimate that the nation’s population center will move southwest about 30 miles and be placed in or near the village of Plato in Texas County, Mo.

“There is excitement,” said Brad Gentry, 48, of Houston, Mo., who publishes the weekly paper in Texas County, noting that the U.S. population center typically carries symbolic meaning as the nation’s heartland. “It is putting a spotlight on a corner of the world that doesn’t get much attention. Most residents are proud of our region and like the idea that others will learn our story through this recognition.”

50 million: Hispanics reach census milestone - Courier News

[roni]

Viva los Estados Unidos

The 2010 Census counted 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States, making up 16.3% of the total population. The nation's Latino population, which was 35.3 million in 2000, grew 43% over the decade. The Hispanic population also accounted for most of the nation's growth—56%—from 2000 to 2010.

Among children ages 17 and younger, there were 17.1 million Latinos, or 23.1% of this age group, according to an analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. The number of Latino children grew 39% over the decade. In 2000, there were 12.3 million Hispanic children, who were 17.1% of the population under age 18.

Although the numerical growth of the Hispanic population since 2000—more than 15 million—surpassed the totals for the previous two decades, the growth rate of 43% was somewhat slower than previous decades. Growth rates topped 50% in the 1980s (53%) and 1990s (58%).

Geographically, most Hispanics still live in nine states that have large, long-standing Latino communities—Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York and Texas—but the share living in other states has been growing. In 2010, 76% of Latinos lived in these nine states, compared with 81% in 2000 and 86% in 1990. (In 2000, 50% of Hispanics lived in California and Texas alone. In 2010, that share was 46%.) Despite the pattern of dispersion, however, there are more Latinos living in Los Angeles County (4.7 million) than in any state except California and Texas.

The states with the largest percent growth in their Hispanic populations include nine where the Latino population more than doubled, including a swath in the southeast United States—Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina. The Hispanic population also more than doubled in Maryland and South Dakota.

http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=140

[ryberg]

I noted a few years ago (here, if it matters) that Denver had become a minority majority city.

I find all this to be a good, and unscary, trend.

[D33RHUNT3R]

I noticed not one time was the word ILLEGALS used ...

I want to know what % of this Hispanic population growth is here llegally ?

I know its a racist question just for asking it..

[roni]

Originally Posted by d33rhunt3r

i noticed not one time was the word illegals used ...

I want to know what % of this hispanic population growth is here llegally ?

I know its a racist question just for asking it..

80-90%

[Mikey]

Originally Posted by D33RHUNT3R

I noticed not one time was the word ILLEGALS used ...

I want to know what % of this Hispanic population growth is here llegally ?

I know its a racist question just for asking it..

Enjoy....

Hispanics: A Statistical Portrait

[roni]

Originally Posted by Mikey

Enjoy....

Hispanics: A Statistical Portrait

Why do you give a link to an anti-hispanic site?

[Rissask]

It will be interesting to see how our two countries are different in another 100 or so years. Most of our (also rapidly growing) immigrants are Asians and South Asians, or from the Middle East, the UK, and Eastern Europe.


Is most of the US immigration from Mexico....that almost seems like it is the case from the above posts...but that can't be right?

[roni]

Originally Posted by Rissask

It will be interesting to see how our two countries are different in another 100 or so years. Most of our (also rapidly growing) immigrants are Asians and South Asians, or from the Middle East, the UK, and Eastern Europe.


Is most of the US immigration from Mexico....that almost seems like it is the case from the above posts...but that can't be right?

Won't be around then, but Texas will be a Democratic state in another 10-15 years.

[roni]

Originally Posted by Rissask

Is most of the US immigration from Mexico....that almost seems like it is the case from the above posts...but that can't be right?

Much of the growth is Latino, but that is not all from immigration. Much of it is from the relative youth of US citizens who are Hispanic and the birth to death ratio of that population. Nine live births for every death, from one of the articles.

[gingele]

*shrug*

Throughout our history, we've made room for (and - mostly - rose above the xenophobia against) the Chinese, the Italians, the Irish, the Japanese...

And like we do (or most of us do) when we look back on those periods in our history, I think that our children will look back and wonder "so what was the big deal?"

[Seakony]

Originally Posted by gingele

*shrug*

Throughout our history, we've made room for (and - mostly - rose above the xenophobia against) the Chinese, the Italians, the Irish, the Japanese...

And like we do (or most of us do) when we look back on those periods in our history, I think that our children will look back and wonder "so what was the big deal?"

There is no xenophobia...where do you people get these nutter ideas? The immigrants from the past came here to work and become citizens..they wanted their children to be educated..they worked for what they got, not given any freebies..they prospered and most important, they learned english, blended, and melted into the pot. OH.. and came here LEGALLY and most with a job waiting for them. You know, back when there was alot of jobs and not enough people..so ..they went to places overseas and actually recruited them. They were invited!

Why do you people have a problem with doing things the right and legal way? You complain there are no jobs and high crime but hey, let's keep bringing in more people without background checks.