![]() ![]() population under age 18 belonged to a minority group in 2020 compared to 39.2 percent of the population over age 18. Children in the Vanguard of Growing DiversityĬhildren are at the leading edge of the nation’s growing diversity. The population reporting that they were Native Peoples (2.9 million) or of “some other race” (1.7 million) also increased together, these two groups now represent 1.4 percent of the population. The largest percentage gain was among multiracial non-Hispanic residents, who at 13.5 million, now represent 4.1 percent of the population. The Census also enumerated 33.9 million non-Hispanic Blacks representing 12.1 percent of the population, and 19.6 million (5.9 percent) non-Hispanic Asians. Hispanics represent the largest share of this growing population with 62.1 million residents, or 18.7 percent of the population (Figure 1). population compared to 36.3 percent in 2010 and 30.5 percent in 2000. Together these groups now number 139.8 million people and represent 42.2 percent of the U.S. diversity was a 24.9 percent population gain among groups other than non-Hispanics Whites. This is 5.1 million fewer than in 2010, when the non-Hispanic White population was 63.7 percent of the U.S. In all, 57.8 percent of the nation’s residents (191.7 million) reported to the Census Bureau that they were White alone and not of Hispanic origin on the 2020 Census. The largest racial group remains non-Hispanic Whites. The growing diversity of the population during the decade reflects differential patterns of demographic change among the numerous sub-groups within the U.S. The net result was a significant increase in racial diversity over the course of the decade, both in the population as a whole, and children in particular. Yet, there was significant variation in the rate and direction of population change among the numerous racial and Hispanic origin groups that together represent the U.S. population grew by a modest 7.4 percent during the past decade to 331.4 million in April 2020. Those states will redraw their boundaries to reflect those seat changes as well.Diversity was geographically widespread and increased in every region of the country. Partial Census data released in April indicated that 13 states would gain or lose seats in the US House of Representatives based on their state’s population change from the 2010 Census. All 50 states will use the new data to adjust their congressional and state legislature district lines to reflect the updated count of their residents. The delayed release kicks off the rush for states to redraw their political boundaries ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The data includes detailed demographic breakdowns of everyone living in the United States as of April 1, 2020, down to the neighborhood level. The Census Bureau’s decennial count was released Thursday after being delayed several months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s the slowest population growth since 1930-1940 - the decade of the Great Depression. The US population grew from roughly 308.7 million in 2010 to 331.4 million, a 7.35% increase. Population in metro areas grew by 8.7% since 2010. The largest county population increase was in McKenzie County, ND, which grew by more than 130% since 2010.Ĭities have grown faster than the nation as a whole. More than half of all counties saw their population decline since 2010. ![]() The Census Bureau said comparisons on race and ethnicity between 20 should be “made with caution,” though they are “confident that the changes we are seeing from 2010 to 2020 in the diversity measures … likely reflect actual demographic changes in the population over the past 10 years, as well as improvements to the question designs, data processing and coding.”Īlmost all of the nation’s population growth was in its cities. The Census Bureau reported that these and other technical changes “enable a more thorough and accurate depiction of how people self identify.” The Census retooled their survey for 2020 to ask American residents more detailed questions about how they identify their race and ethnicity. ![]() The non-Hispanic White population in California was 34.7% in 2020. The Hispanic or Latino community now represents 39.4% of Californians, an increase from 37.6% in 2010. In California, the Hispanic or Latino population officially became the largest racial or ethnic group in the state for the first time. ![]()
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