Minorities to become majority in 2042

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  1. Real

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    Newsday.com
    Census report sees minorities becoming majority by 2042

    BY OLIVIA WINSLOW

    olivia.winslow@newsday.com

    6:11 PM EDT, August 13, 2008

    In a new report out Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the nation will become much more diverse by midcentury, with minorities forecast to become the majority population by 2042, experts said.

    The growing national diversity is also a trend seen locally, particularly among Hispanics, experts said.

    "It's already happening on Long Island," said Lee Koppelman, director of Stony Brook University's Center for Regional Policy Studies, citing the influx of Hispanics. Recently released census data estimate that Hispanic residents constitute 12.4 percent of Nassau County's population in 2007, up from 10 percent in 2000; and 13.3 percent of Suffolk County's in 2007, up from 10.5 percent in 2000.

    "Hispanics are primarily drawn here by economic opportunity," Koppelman continued. "If the economy remains robust on Long Island, this population will continue to expand."

    The Census Bureau projects that minorities, now roughly one-third of the nation's population, will become the majority by 2042, and grow to 54 percent by 2050. Hispanics are projected to nearly triple their numbers -- rising from an estimated 46.7 million today to just under 133 million by 2050, out of a projected total U.S. population of 439 million.

    The black population is expected to rise from 41.1 million, or 14 percent of the nation's population today, to 65.7 million, or 15 percent by 2050. The Asian population is projected to rise from 15.5 million people now, or 5.1 percent of the U.S. population, to 40.6 million, or 9.2 percent, by 2050.

    By contrast, non-Hispanic whites' share of the nation's population is projected to drop from 66 percent currently to 46 percent by 2050. Their population numbers are projected to remain stable, going from an estimated 199.8 million today, to 203.3 million by 2050.

    Census officials also expect the nation's population to grow older, projecting that by 2050 one in five Americans will be age 65 and older.

    Experts said the emerging demographic shift had social, economic and political implications.

    On the housing front, for example, Gregory Maney, a Hofstra University sociology professor, said of the projections: "What it says is there are going to be more people who belong to minority groups looking for housing on Long Island. And basically that's going to create pressure to desegregate predominantly white areas. ... Can ethnic minority groups translate their greater numbers into greater political and legal power to challenge systemic discrimination in housing?"

    Martin Cantor, director of Dowling College's Long Island Economic & Social Policy Institute, saw the potential for racial and ethnic tensions, saying, "What Long Islanders have to realize is that change is coming. Rather than being resistant to it, we have to make it work as smoothly as possible so the economy and the social fabric benefits."

    Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc.

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    This is why I'm glad I'm mixed. I'm looking forward to a smooth transition and a win-win situation.
     
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    And somewhere in the world Eric Cartman is scheming up a plan to make sure this never happens....
     
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    i was the minority at my high school so this won't be any different for me
     
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    According to local news last night California's already been "majority minority" for eight years. Not surprising considering the number of asians and hispanics. Its really not surprising that the US will go the same route since european immigration pales in comparison to asian and his panic immigrations. International whites aren't coming here and rightfully so.
     
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    When I lived in Hawaii, the white population was 28% of the island.

    It was pretty awesome, actually.
     

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