Minorities Becoming Majority by Mid-century?
Wednesday, 09 March 2011 04:07
The United States Census Bureau statistics show that the population in the United States in 2010 was 308,747,538. However, that number could be counting more minorities than before.
“As of August 2008, minorities were roughly one third of the U.S. population and are expected to become the majority by 2042. The nation's population of children is expected to be 62 percent minority by 2050, which is up from 44 percent today,” according to the 2010 Census website.
One of the places where the number of minorities is increasing is in southern Arizona.
In Pima County, Ariz., the estimated population for the years 2005-2009 was 990,213, according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. Of the total estimated population, about 59 percent of the population, or 580,000 are minorities in the county, according to the estimates.
Back in 2000, the census counted 843,746 people living in the county. Of that number, about 485,000 or 57 percent were minorities, according to census numbers.
These growing trends within the county can also be seen at the major university located in Tucson.
At the University of Arizona, the enrollment of minorities has been increasing since the early 1980s.
According to enrollment trends records, the university has seen an increase in percentage change of 22 percent since 1983. Also, records show that Hispanics were the largest minority to attend the university in 2010, with over 6,000 students.
Travis Keyes, a UA student in the Eller College of Management, said he is not surprised that minorities have the potential to become the new majority by mid-century.
"It's a changing of the tide; a free flow of people coming into this country," he said.
It was just a matter of time until more people from a different racial background would outnumber the majority of the country.
In a recent story published on CNN, some white Americans are feeling racially oppressed because they will no longer represent the norm in the coming decades and will no longer be the majority in the country.
Syed Shah, a UA student from Pakistan, does not agree with what some white Americans have to say about them being racially oppressed.
Shah said with the possibility of minorities becoming the new majority, people will be more understanding and become accustomed to the changes occurring in the country.
Arizona's 2010 census numbers are scheduled to be released later this month, according to a press release on the 2010 Census website.
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