Posted on 12/12/2012 10:18:34 AM PST by Brandonmark
White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections, part of a historic shift that is already reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate.
The official projection, released Wednesday by the Census Bureau, now places the tipping point for the white majority a year later than previous estimates, which were made before the impact of the recent economic downturn was fully known.
America continues to grow and become more diverse due to higher birth rates among minorities, particularly for Hispanics who entered the U.S. at the height of the immigration boom in the 1990s and early 2000s. Since the mid-2000 housing bust, however, the arrival of millions of new immigrants from Mexico and other nations has slowed, pushing minority growth below its once-torrid pace.
The country's changing demographic mosaic has stark political implications, shown clearly in last month's election that gave President Barack Obama a second term — in no small part due to his support from 78 percent of non-white voters.
The non-Hispanic white population, now at 197.8 million, is projected to peak at 200 million in 2024, before entering a steady decline in absolute numbers as the massive baby boomer generation enters its golden years.
"The fast-growing demographic today is now the children of immigrants," said Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, a global expert on immigration and dean of UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, describing the rate of minority growth in the U.S. as dipping from "overdrive" to "drive." Even with slowing immigration, Suarez-Orozco says, the "die has been cast" for strong minority growth from births.
As recently as 1960, whites made up 85 percent of the U.S., but that share dropped after a 1965 overhaul to U.S. immigration laws opened doors to waves of new immigrants from Mexico...
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I just figured Antarctica was so harsh on its surface, they’d never try to move there. No walking across a warm border.
As more and more violent genes become integrated into the mainstream the annihilation of the human race with WMD will be inevitable. We won’t make it past year 2100.
Connecticut is not exactly lily white. Hartford is black. New Haven is black. Bridgeport is black. A number of smaller towns and cities have huge Pureto Rican populations. The generous welfare benefits have been a big draw going back 4 or more decades.
Connecticut is not exactly lily white. Hartford is black. New Haven is black. Bridgeport is black. A number of smaller towns and cities have huge Puerto Rican populations. The generous welfare benefits have been a big draw going back 4 or more decades.
Reminds me of the Irish coming here.
Don’t give up the ship. See this interesting story here on winning the demographic war:
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2012/12/winning-demographic-war-and-culture-war.html
According to wikipedia.com 71.2% of CT’s population is non-hispanic white——that IS lily white compared to my state and more non-hispanic white than the national average.
If you had been to Russia you would be hard-pressed to find a reason to stay there. Tons of them flee this white wonderland.
Keen analysis.
My nephew visited us a few years back and we talked about the future of America, crime and all. I wonder why he didn't have his CCW but maybe it wouldn't have helped either.
I was shot at close range many years back by minorities in a failed robbery, I can still see those orange flashes directed at me; and that time I didn't have a gun on me either. I've been armed ever since, hoping to get a second chance to relive that episode; doubt it will ever happen again.
I bet once my nephew recovers, he will be armed from here on out; White People better wake up and look around if they don't want to lose their own.
I knew many respectable Blks while in the military, they would tell me most Blacks were upstanding, that the criminal element was not the norm. When I look around from Central Africa to our own urban areas, I don't believe it anymore. We call Alaska home, no Blks within 250 miles of my house, life is good.
Gator, you are right on the money.
Color/race doesn’t matter as long as you love this country and its constitution. That is the problem.
Thanks. Sorry to hear about your nephew, I hope he fully recovers. I hate the cold, but Alaska is sounding better and better.
Thanks.
It’s now about the free stuff and the gifts.
Mitt Romney and Bill O’Reilly got it right.
Unfortunately this is NOT the country I grew up in and love so much. Looks more like Europe with each passing day.
Apologies if anyone else has said this, but as Jamie Foxx mentioned on SNL, Black is the new White.
So why do I see such a disparity concerning integrity between Indians who are quite upstanding and Urban Blacks in our cities; they are both minorities?
Ironic huh...
Ironic huh...
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