Population to be 417 million by 2060.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates over half of the nation’s children — 50.2 percent — are expected to be a part of a “minority” race or ethnic group by the year 2020.
The study, titled “Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060,” examined the total U.S. population, both native and foreign-born, and covered a variety of sub-topics.
According to the Media Research Center, other pertinent findings include:
- The total U.S. population is projected to increase by 98.1 million between 2014 and 2060, from an estimated 319 million to 417 million respectively.
- By 2030, all baby boomers will have reached age 65 or older.
- The percent of foreign born is expected to increase each decade, its rate of growth projected to outpace that of natives.
- By 2044, the U.S. population as a whole is expected to become majority-minority.
- The native population is expected to increase by 62 million, or 22 percent between 2014 and 2060, whereas the foreign-born population is expected to increase by 36 million, or 85 percent, reaching approximately 78 million.
- By 2060, the nation’s foreign-born will reach nearly one in five of the total population, from 13 percent in 2014 to 19 percent.
- Also by the year 2060, an estimated 36 percent of children (people under age 18) will be “single-race non-Hispanic White,” compared with 52 percent today.
The Census Bureau emphasized in their report that their data does not include “factors that might influence the levels of population components, policy decisions for example,” such as President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration — which may prove to skew future statistics.