Posts Tagged ‘population growth’
Majority Minority Nation
It’s official, white non-Hispanic births are less than 50% of all births. Of the 4 million babies born during the year ending 7/11, 50.4% were to minorities, up from 48.6% a year earlier. Among adults over 50, African-Americans are the largest minority while among those under 50, Hispanics dominate. Non-Hispanic whites comprise 63.4% of the…
Read MoreMinorities Growing Fast
Demographics 101: Over the past decade the US population has grown by 9.7% to 309m. Minorities accounted for 92% of that growth. The ranks of Hispanics swelled by 43% to 51m. The Asian population grew at the same rate to 15m. Blacks increased in number by 11% to 38m. All minority groups put together jumped…
Read MoreDecennial Census
From the recently released Decennial Census we see that 7 of the 9 states (AK FL NH NV SD TN TX WA WY) that do not levy an income-tax grew faster than the national average. And, the other two ND and NH had the fastest growth in their regions (Midwest and New England). Altogether 35%…
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