Thread: White Americans' majority to end by mid-century

White Americans' majority to end by mid-century

By HOPE YEN (AP) – 25 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — The estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.

Census Bureau projections released Wednesday update last year's prediction that white children would become a minority in 2023 and the overall white population would follow in 2042. The earlier estimate did not take into account a drop in the number of people moving into the U.S. because of the economic crisis and the immigration policies imposed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

The United States has 308 million people today; two-thirds are non-Hispanic whites.

The total population should climb to 399 million by 2050, under the new projections, with whites making up 49.9 percent of the population. Blacks will make up 12.2 percent, virtually unchanged from today. Hispanics, currently 15 percent of the population, will rise to 28 percent in 2050.

Asians are expected to increase from 4.4 percent of the population to 6 percent.

The projections are based on rates for births and deaths and a scenario in which immigration continues its more recent, slower pace of adding nearly 1 million new foreigners each year.

The point when minority children become the majority is expected to have a similar delay of roughly eight years, moving from 2023 to 2031.

The population 85 and older is projected to more than triple by 2050, to 18.6 million.

The actual shift in demographics will be influenced by a host of factors that can't be accurately forecast — the pace of the economic recovery, cultural changes, natural or manmade disasters, as well as an overhaul of immigration law, which may be debated in Congress as early as next year.

As a result, the Census Bureau said the projections should used mostly as a guide.

The agency also released numbers showing projections based on "high" rates of immigration — more likely if more-flexible government policies and a booming U.S. economy attract large numbers of foreigners — as well as "low" immigration, a possible scenario if U.S. policies don't change much while the economy substantially improves.

_With high immigration, the minority "tipping point" is moved up to 2040, two years earlier than the previous estimate. At that time, Asians would have a much larger share, at 8 percent, since their population growth is more dependent on immigration than birth rates.

_With low immigration, the "tipping point" arrives by 2045.

Under a purely theoretical "zero immigration" scenario in which the U.S. effectively does not take in any immigrants, whites would remain the majority in 2050, making up a solid 58 percent of the U.S. population. In such a case, the share of Hispanics would increase to 21 percent because of high fertility rates and a younger population.
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I could care less about skin color. What matters is the adherence to the Constitution and the laws of the land. Without race creed or color distictions being the driving force.

We simply must go back to the quota system to effectively create a balance to this country's immigration.

First of all, who freaking cares except maybe racists.

Second, those divide and conquer politicians who try to rigidly divide us by perceived race overlook that 30% of "white Americans" actually have some African and/or American Indian blood, and that "black Americans" average 25% European and 5% American Indian blood. These creeps need to just leave "race" entirely out of the discussion, let Americans make their own personal determination of who they are, and instead focus on uniting us with a common language, equal opportunity, and equal application of the laws.

Rant off.

Originally Posted by ShockedinCalifornia

We simply must go back to the quota system to effectively create a balance to this country's immigration.

There is a quota system of sorts for legal immigration, supposedly individual countries are limited to 7% of the total immigration flow, but over the years special interests (LaRaza) have gotten many exceptions passed to this 7% limit so that now Mexicans are 22% of legal immigrants. Of course amnesty also ignores this 7% limit so that Mexicans would be 60% of amnesty recipients!! Like I said above, we need to get rid of these racist politicians and vote in those who would apply the laws equally to all.