Abstract
In this brief, Carsey Senior Demographer Ken Johnson analyzes new Census Bureau estimates that reflect two important demographic trends affecting the growing diversity of the U.S. population. The minority population is growing and the non-Hispanic white population is not. This interplay of white and minority population change is fueling the growing diversity of the U.S. population. Non-Hispanic whites currently represent 62% of the population and are projected to remain in the majority until the mid-2040s. Growth is minimal because the non-Hispanic white population is aging, which reduces fertility and increases mortality. In contrast, the minority population now represents 38 percent of the U.S. population and is growing.
Publication Date
Summer 6-25-2015
Series
National Fact Sheet No.29
Publisher
Durham, N.H. : Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Kenneth M., "Diversity Growing Because Births Far Exceed Deaths Among Minorities, But Not Among Whites" (2015). The Carsey School of Public Policy at the Scholars' Repository. 244.
https://scholars.unh.edu/carsey/244
Rights
Copyright 2015. Carsey School of Public Policy. These materials may be used for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study. For all other uses, contact the copyright holder
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.34051/p/2020.235