BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Minorities set to be US majority
White people of European descent will no longer make up a majority of the US population by the year 2042 - eight years sooner than previous estimates.
The big change is among Hispanics and Asians whose share of the population is set to double to 30% and 9%.
The population is also ageing: by 2050 one in five residents will be aged 65 or over, up from one in nine today.
The US Census Bureau’s latest projections are based on birth... Read Full Story
Although the agency has denied it for years, recently discovered documents confirm that the U.S. Census Bureau provided the Secret Service and other government agencies with much more specific information on Americans of Japanese descent than was previously thought. From 1942 to 1947, the confidentiality protection of Census Bureau data was temporarily suspended, allowing the [...] Read Full Story
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