U.S. Census Bureau says majority of U.S. will be non-white by 2050
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Non-whites will become the majority for the first time in the U.S. by 2050, including 16 states like New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to new census data.
The U.S. Census Bureau figures say this reflects demographic changes between 2040-2050 due to international and internal migration in addition to falling birthrates, reports the New York Post.
Back in 1980, the United States was 805 Caucasian
In 1980, the U.S. was 80% white, but that figure is expected to drop to 47% by 2050 and 44% by 2060.
In 2000, only California, Hawaii and New Mexico had less than a 50% white population.
There’s never been a majority white population in Hawaii, while in the 2000 U.S. Census, California’s population of whites was 46% and New Mexico’s was 45%.
The most recent census says by 2020 the white population in Maryland also dropped to 47%, 46% in Nevada and 40% in Texas.
By 2050, 10 more U.S. states will see white people become a minority including New York, where the white population will drop to 46%, New Jersey at 37%, Connecticut, 45%, Delaware, 47%, Florida, 39%, Georgia, 37%, Arizona, 43%, Illinois, 49%, Oklahoma, 49%, and Washington, 49%.
Whites will become a minority or close to a minority by 2060, says U.S. Census Bureau data
By 2060, whites will become a minority or close to a minority in 24 states among them Alaska, where whites will drop to 50%, Louisiana at 51%, Massachusetts, 46%, Minnesota, 51%, Mississippi, 51%, North Carolina ,49%, Rhode Island, 47%, and Virginia, 47%.
The data says West Virginia is the least ethnically diverse state where 89% of the population was white in 2020 and 30 years later that figure will only decrease to 86%.