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For U.S. children, minorities will be the majority by 2020, Census says

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America is heading toward the day when whites will no longer make up the majority of the population. And U.S. children will get there soon, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report. The agency also says the overall U.S. population will grow older — and grow more slowly — in coming years.

By around 2020, "more than half of the nation's children are expected to be part of a minority race or ethnic group," the Census Bureau says, putting Americans under the age of 18 at the front of a trend that will see the overall population follow suit some 20 years later.

"When that shift for the U.S. as a whole takes place by 2044, the Census Bureau predicts no one racial or ethnic group will dominate the U.S. in terms of size," NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports. "Overall, the U.S. population is set to grow more slowly over the next few decades partly because of declining fertility rates. It's expected to hit 400 million by 2051."

The forecast lists several changes America will undergo in the next 45 years.

Another finding states that from 2014 to 2060, "the working-age population is projected to decrease from 62 percent to 57 percent of the total population."

Some more highlights from the Census Bureau:

  • By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans is projected to be 65 and over.

  • The minority population is projected to rise to 56 percent of the total in 2060, compared with 38 percent in 2014.

  • By 2060, the nation's foreign-born population will reach nearly 19 percent of the total population, up from 13 percent in 2014.

  • The "two or more races" population is projected to be the fastest-growing over the next 46 years.

Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

The Census Bureau predicts shifts in the U.S. over the coming years, with a more diverse — and older — population.
The Census Bureau predicts shifts in the U.S. over the coming years, with a more diverse — and older — population.