Ursa Majoris Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 By 2050, less than half the population will be white. WASHINGTON (AFP) - Immigration will drive the population of the United States sharply upward between now and 2050, and will push whites into a minority, projections by the Pew Research Center showed Monday. "If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005," an increase of nearly 50 percent, the study by the Washington-based think-tank said. More than 80 percent of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving in the country and their US-born children, who will make up nearly one in five Americans by 2050 compared with one in eight in 2005, it said. Whites, who currently make up around two-thirds of the US population, will become a minority (47 percent) by 2050, the report said. The Hispanic population, currently the largest minority group, will triple in size and double in percentage terms from 14 percent in 2005 to 29 percent in 2050, the report said. The Asian population will roughly double in percentage terms, from five percent to nine percent, while the black population will remain static at around 13 percent. The projections are based on trends over the past 50 years, during which legal and illegal immigration have played an increasing role in US population growth, the report said. From 1960 to 2005, new immigrants and their US-born descendants accounted for 51 percent of population increase, and for 58 percent from 1980 to 2005, the report said. But, the report warned, "possible future changes in immigration policy" could impact the projections. Illegal immigration has become a top issue in the race for the US presidency, especially among Republican candidates, most of whom favor of a crackdown. Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 By 2050, less than half the population will be white.Discuss. Welcome to Los Angeles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 In some ways, I blame myself. Yes--I have a vasectomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutrun Jellies Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 What will become of the moral majority? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Shift happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 What will become of the moral majority? They'll be catholic instead of evangelical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirehairman Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Sweet. That means affirmative action should work for my children and their children instead of the reverse discrimination single, white, males now experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 My kid is bi-racial. I married an Italian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratesownninjas Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) Sweet. That means affirmative action should work for my children and their children instead of the reverse discrimination single, white, males now experience. I'm a single, white, male who thought the exact same thing... Then I remembered that the girl I'm going to marry is mexican... Edited February 12, 2008 by piratesownninjas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pig devilz Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 this is old news......and why the 'paranoia'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveby Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 The catholics and the mormons can't keep up with the mexicans and the mooslims. Not much else to discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 My kid is bi-racial. I married an Italian. +1. And I made four of'em to pick up the slack of some of you nonreproductive white boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I, for one, welcome our Hispanic Overlords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 +1. And I made four of'em to pick up the slack of some of you nonreproductive white boys. My wife is knocked up right now! I'm doing the best I can, unless I go knock up a different woman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Ahhh F it. I'll be moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Thankfully I'll be dead by then...instead of being killed otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirehairman Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Ahhh F it. I'll be moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon. We're in the process of closing our borders and building a fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Ahhh F it. I'll be moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon. pygmypony's sigline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 The catholics and the mormons can't keep up with the mexicans and the mooslims. Not much else to discuss. Most Mexicans are catholic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveby Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 The gringo catholics and the mormons can't keep up with the mexicans and the mooslims. Most Mexicans are catholic. fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 My kid is bi-racial. I married an Italian. that counts only if she is Sicilian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Most Mexicans are catholic. Yup. Ever since we bought God and love and disease to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 One thing's for sure: the food will certainly get better as this approaches.` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 My kid is bi-racial. I married an Italian. Your wife is Italian and you are Bi..Gotcha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I, for one, welcome our Hispanic Overlords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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