the Latino daily – Your Friday morning brief

FRIDAY, March 25, 2016

Good morning Taquista!

I saw a report this morning that claims that whites will no longer be a majority in the U.S. by the year 2045. That’s ten years sooner than an official Census report target date published last year. I did some digging and couldn’t find a study attribution or a trail to a source, so I went back to look at the original Census numbers.

►Friday’s numbers

62 – The percentage of the U.S. population that is white.

78 – The percentage of deaths of white persons in the U.S.

43 – The median age of white persons in the U.S.

46 – The number of states where white populations under the age of 20 is declining.

25 – The percentage of Millennials (born between 1982 and 2000) in the U.S. population.

44 – The percentage of Millennials who are part of a minority race or ethnicity.

8 million – The amount by which Millennials outnumber Baby Boomers.

2055 – The year that whites will no longer be a majority in the U.S.

24 – The projected percentage of the U.S. population that will be Latino in 2065.

103 million – The projected increase in U.S. population attributed to immigration between today and 2065.

Sources: Business Insider, Al Jazeera America

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