Numbers of Children of Whites Falling Fast
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Published: April 6, 2011
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WASHINGTON — America’s population of white children, a majority now, will be in the minority during this decade, sooner than previously expected, according to a new report.

The Census Bureau had originally forecast that 2023 would be the tipping point for the minority population under the age of 18. But rapid growth among Latinos, Asians and people of more than one race has pushed it earlier, to 2019, according to William Frey, the senior demographer at the Brookings Institution who wrote the report about the shift, which has far-reaching political and policy implications.

The single largest increase was among Hispanics, whose birthrates are far above those of non-Hispanic whites, largely because the white population is aging and proportionally has fewer women in their child-bearing years. The median age of whites is 41, compared with 27 for Hispanics, the report said.

As a result, America’s future will include a far more diverse young population, and a largely white older generation. The contrast raises important policy questions. Will the older generation pay for educating a younger generation that looks less like itself? And while the young population is a potential engine of growth for the economy, will it be a burden if it does not have access to adequate education?

The population of white children fell by 4.3 million, or about 10 percent, in the last decade, while the population of Hispanic and Asian children grew by 5.5 million, or about 38 percent, according to the report, which was based on 2010 Census numbers.

The number of African-American children also fell, down by 2 percent. Over all, minorities now make up 46.5 percent of the under-18 population.

Whites are now the minority of child populations in 10 states, double the number from the previous decade, according to the report, and in 35 cities, including Atlanta, Phoenix and Orlando, Fla. Vermont had the largest drop in its child population of any state.

The changes also have political implications. Though whites are still 63 percent of the population as a whole, that is down from 75.6 percent in 1990, and minorities, particularly Hispanics, who now outnumber blacks, are becoming an increasingly important part of the electorate.

Mr. Frey estimates that whites will slip into the minority by about 2041. The number of whites grew by just 1.2 percent in the population as a whole in the last decade, a fraction of the 43 percent growth among Latinos.

interesting,,,how the media interchange hispanic with white,,,yet there are a large percentage of hispanics who are white,,,,white of hispanic heritage(counted in some discussions as merely 'hispanic')

I guess the main issue will be the language though, perhaps americans will be (forced through economic necessity to make profit off of the majority), to learn spanish

The languag will be no issue even tho hispanic ethic is on the rise it's I believe the hispanics will have to learn English to conform with American ppl juss because this country is and always will be English spoken although there will be bi-linguals mixed in!!!

you must not live on the west coast. jobs are transforming in a way where it is VERY Difficult to get any well paying job without knowledge of SPANISH because so much of the consumer base here is spanish speaking


to compete with a spanish speaking majority, we will be required to also learn spanish,,,

This could lead to an all out collapse, then the welfare brat roles will be reversed!

I wouldn't mind getting all the minority benis while sitting back bitching about the plight of the oppressed white man.

be careful what you wish for, barring slavery and jim crow laws,, you just might get it,,,

There are enough people who believe that English is this countries official language and I believe that before any of this happen, English will BECOME the official language of this country.

Is this what "spansih-speaking" means to you?

As it should be! We are isolated by two oceans, in Europe everyone is bilingual. We are snobs.

those who think an official language exists in this country are simply dead wrong. what would an official language mean anyway? every citizen must speak english? first amendment says ain't happenin'.

snobs and haters.....very sad!

I think the 1st amendment has been grossly misinterpreted.

This isn't Europe, people left Europe to start this country.

Look at Mexico!

how many languages do you speak?

This is a stupid comparison being that Europe has entire countries the size of Rhode Island.

Europe is a continent, USA is a country

europe is made of countries which are the size of our states, they speak to their neighbors in their neighbors language,, so do we

In the United Kingdom and in China, everyone is indeed not bilingual because their neighboring countries speak the same language they do, similarly our neighboring states do as well

its not about snobbery or enligtenment, its about necessity. When people in Europe travel between countries the way we travel between states, their exposure and necessity for multiple languages would be EXPECTED to be much higher than ours

Exactly just as in this country where the majority speak English all foreigners and people from W. Virginia who come here should too!

it's not like I go to Canada and expect them to speak English...
that would be snobish...