Thread: Minority kids grow to majority in some counties

Minority kids grow to majority in some counties

Updated 3m ago
By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY

Young Americans who are minorities outnumber young whites in almost one of every six U.S. counties. It's a demographic wave that is transforming more parts of the nation and raising questions about who is a minority.

An analysis of the under-20 population shows that minority youths are the majority in 505 counties and that 60 counties have reached that milestone in this decade.

"The change is due both to minority kids' gains and to declines in the number of white kids," says Kenneth Johnson, demographer at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institute who analyzed Census data. "This isn't about immigration anymore."

The multiplying effect of diversity is rapid. In 2008, 34% of U.S. residents were minorities, but 48% of babies born in the USA were minorities. The number of white youths has dropped 5.3% since 2000 while the young minority population grew 15.5%. "It will be hard to define who is a minority in the future," says Robert Lang, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech.

Communities face challenges when new settlers speak different languages and come from different backgrounds. For example, schools that never taught non-English speakers have had to launch programs. What's driving the changes:

• Black, Hispanic and Asian families are moving to suburbia. Some have come for jobs created by population growth. Others leave urban areas in search of more space, better schools and less crime. Most counties where the minority youth population surged past 50% from 2000 to 2008 are suburban or rural counties. Three are around Atlanta.

• Several predominantly white counties that are attracting young minorities have lost young white residents because of a decline in agriculture. Many who went away to college never came back. The remaining white population is aging and having fewer children.

Change is happening so quickly that the youngest Americans are much more likely to be minorities than those who are a few years older, says Johnson, who did the research with Daniel Lichter, demographer at Cornell University.

Among youths ages 15 to 19, 60% are non-Hispanic whites. Among those 4 or younger, 53% are white.

"Change is coming from the bottom, and it's not a short-term phenomenon," Johnson says.

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So when whites become the minority can they start a white caucus?

Originally Posted by vmonkey56

So when whites become the minority can they start a white caucus?

I don't know, do whites have a caucus in Hawaii, they are a minority there?

In fairness they should.

Will White kids now get the special treatment that other minorities have in the past?

La Raza Blanca?

I haven't seen whites get any special treatment in Miami. They are definitly the minority. In fact I was watching an episode of The First 48 where the homicide occurred in Miami and it made me realize how bad it really is. The police officers were canvassing the area speaking Spanish to the residents and the family made a plea for any witnesses to come forward with the mother speaking Spanish. They showed a Cuban flag and the real kicker was when food was brought into the station for Thanksgiving and they were eating rice, black beans and other non traditional Thanksgiving food.

White people as a Minority can have the White College Fund, White Voices ( on AOL) White Television Network. Start a group that hates everyone but White people called AWP (The Advancement of White People). White History Month. And White people can look forward to getting jobs, education and opportunities based on the fact that they are a minority. Perhaps White people won't have to pay the highest percentage of taxes when they are the minority. And White people can have magazines like "White Pearl" all about the White experience in America. And Whites can write books like Exercise and Fitness for White People (I recently saw a book called Exercise and Fitness for Black people). And White people old enough can talk about how they marched for Civil Rights for Black People and now no-one marches for their civil Rights.

Based on the typical behavior of Obama's Washington and the direction of our county, White People better find a new country, because they are not going to be treated fairly and with respect in America. The writing is on the wall!

Whoa, folks! I don't like where this thread is going at all.
ALIPAC's main point is about ILLEGAL immigration, not one race or ethnicity trumping another.
There are too many problems brewing (like ACORN doing the census) for us to descend down this path.

Then will have to fight to make sure that they don't ask the race or ethnicity question before we write an exam as it would bring our marks down.