KSUChiefsTarheelFan Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Thu Aug 14, 5:03 AM ET WASHINGTON - White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That's eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004. The nation has been growing more diverse for decades, but the process has sped up through immigration and higher birth rates among minority residents, especially Hispanics. It is also growing older. "The white population is older and very much centered around the aging baby boomers who are well past their high fertility years," said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. "The future of America is epitomized by the young people today. They are basically the melting pot we are going to see in the future." The Census Bureau Thursday released population projections through 2050, based on rates for births, deaths and immigration. They are subject to big revisions, depending on immigration policy, cultural changes and natural or manmade disasters. The U.S. has nearly 305 million people today. The population is projected to hit 400 million in 2039 and 439 million in 2050. That's like adding all the people from France and Britain, said Steve A. Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington group that advocates tighter immigration policies. White non-Hispanics make up about two-thirds of the population, but only 55 percent of those younger than 5. By 2050, whites will make up 46 percent of the population and blacks will make up 15 percent, a relatively small increase from today. Hispanics, who make up about 15 percent of the population today, will account for 30 percent in 2050, according to the new projections. Asians, which make up about 5 percent of the population, are projected to increase to 9 percent by 2050. The population 85 and older is projected to more than triple by 2050, to 19 million. ___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 thank you welfare!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Agent Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Sweet. Now my grandkids can go to college for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Related thread form early this year. though 2042 not mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 The terrorists have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Sweet. Now my grandkids can go to college for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Yes, it is known as the Apocalypse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 well, I hope they at least give us a handful of directv channels in english and let us press '2' at the ATM machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSUChiefsTarheelFan Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 Yes, it is known as the Apocalypse. I could be due to a bunch of white guys sitting around, on the computer all day, playing Conquer Club (Risk) with certain members of The Huddle (*cough cough* detlef), rather than making babies with their womens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I could be due to a bunch of white guys sitting around, on the computer all day, playing Conquer Club (Risk) with certain members of The Huddle (*cough cough* detlef), rather than making babies with their womens... I don't know what you are talking about. But really, I am quite busy with the ladies, unfortunately, just not buckled down to one yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Hey Soup, it's your turn in Conquer Club. :highfivenobabies: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 We are a minority compared to China. Buy smart, buy S-Mart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 No big deal, I think we're already a minority in the city of Atlanta and a couple of the surrounding counties. I hope you all can pick up on Spanish pretty easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Welcome to Los Angeles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 "YOU CAN'T OUTF*CK A MEXICAN" - Paul Mooney fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 "YOU CAN'T OUTF*CK A MEXICAN" - Paul Mooney fact ROFLMAO You haven't been around too many West African communities lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 ROFLMAO You haven't been around too many West African communities lately. ahahaha...lately...I have never been to Africa.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) ::AlSharptonvoice:: White Americans is a white racist term used by the man to keep our people down ::/ALSharptonvoice:: Edited August 14, 2008 by cliaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 No big deal, I think we're already a minority in the city of Atlanta and a couple of the surrounding counties. I hope you all can pick up on Spanish pretty easily. I thought it was bad in Gwinnett, then I moved up to Gainesville. Although the only real problem I have is that they (caution - stereotype ahead) drive so fricken slow. Some of their wimmens is hot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I thought it was bad in Gwinnett, then I moved up to Gainesville. Although the only real problem I have is that they (caution - stereotype ahead) drive so fricken slow. Some of their wimmens is hot! I do everything in my power to stay off of I-85. Between the traveling taco restaurants and the Korean wimmin doing 35 in the fast lane with their left blinker on I just get extremely enraged. You are right about some o the wimmin though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Cracker Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 they drive so fricken slow. ! Because if they get pulled over they get deported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Exciting. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/006711.html' rel="external nofollow"> # Black-owned firms accounted for 5 percent of all nonfarm businesses in the United States in 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 America will be fully Communist by then, and I will be retired, so I guess I'm alright with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSUChiefsTarheelFan Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 America will be fully Communist by then, and I will be retired, so I guess I'm alright with that. Don't forget bout the fact we are gonna have a black president by then. The Daily Show was pretty good tonight! Can't wait to see the roast on Bob Saget! Too busy trying to catch the 200m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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