White, Non-Hispanics To Be Minority Among U.S. Newborns By 2011

In 2006 white, non-Hispanics accounted for:

• 56 percent of persons 9 and younger
• 60 percent of persons 10 to 19
• 67 percent of persons 20 to 64
• 81 percent of persons 65 and older

From July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006, the white population grew by a miniscule 0.26 percent. The minority population grew by 2.42 percent.

• If the white and minority populations continue growing at their respective 2005-06 growth rates, present day minorities will attain majority status by the year 2038. (Table 1.) (This is much earlier than the Census Bureau projects, primarily because they presume a reduction in legal immigration.)

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