Deaths exceeded births among non-Hispanic white Americans for the first time in at least a century, according to new census data, a benchmark that heralds profound demographic change.
Over all, the number of non-Hispanic white Americans is expected to begin declining by the end of this decade.
“These new census estimates are an early signal alerting us to the
impending decline in the white population that will characterize most of
the 21st century,” said William H. Frey, a demographer with the
Brookings Institution.
The transition will mean that “today’s racial and ethnic minorities will
no longer be dependent on older whites for their economic well-being,”
Dr. Frey said. In fact, the situation may be reversed. “It makes more
vivid than ever the fact that we will be reliant on younger minorities
and immigrants for our future demographic and economic growth,” he said.
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