Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births

[mikemarrs]

WASHINGTON (AP) - For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.

New 2011 census estimates highlight sweeping changes in the nation's racial makeup and the prolonged impact of a weak economy, which is now resulting in fewer Hispanics entering the U.S.

"This is an important landmark," said Roderick Harrison, a former chief of racial statistics at the Census Bureau who is now a sociologist at Howard University. "This generation is growing up much more accustomed to diversity than its elders."

The report comes as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the legality of Arizona's strict immigration law, with many states weighing similar get-tough measures.

"We remain in a dangerous period where those appealing to anti-immigration elements are fueling a divisiveness and hostility that might take decades to overcome," Harrison said.

As a whole, the nation's minority population continues to rise, following a higher-than-expected Hispanic count in the 2010 census. Minorities increased 1.9 percent to 114.1 million, or 36.6 percent of the total U.S. population, lifted by prior waves of immigration that brought in young families and boosted the number of Hispanic women in their prime childbearing years.

But a recent slowdown in the growth of the Hispanic and Asian populations is shifting notions on when the tipping point in U.S. diversity will come - the time when non-Hispanic whites become a minority. After 2010 census results suggested a crossover as early as 2040, demographers now believe the pivotal moment may be pushed back several years when new projections are released in December.

The annual growth rates for Hispanics and Asians fell sharply last year to just over 2 percent, roughly half the rates in 2000 and the lowest in more than a decade. The black growth rate stayed flat at 1 percent.

The immigrants staying put in the U.S. for now include Narcisa Marcelino, 34, a single mother who lives with her two daughters, ages 10 and 5, in Martinsburg, W.Va. After crossing into the U.S. from Mexico in 2000, she followed her brother to the eastern part of the state just outside the Baltimore-Washington region. The Martinsburg area is known for hiring hundreds of migrants annually to work in fruit orchards. Its Hispanic growth climbed from 14 percent to 18 percent between 2000 and 2005 before shrinking last year to 3.3 percent, still above the national average.

Marcelino says she sells food from her home to make ends meet for her family and continues to hope that one day she will get a hearing with immigration officials to stay legally in the U.S. She aspires to open a restaurant and is learning English at a community college so she can help other Spanish-language speakers.

If she is eventually deported, "it wouldn't be that tragic," Marcelino said. "But because the children have been born here, this is their country. And there are more opportunities for them here."

Of the 30 large metropolitan areas showing the fastest Hispanic growth in the previous decade, all showed slower growth in 2011 than in the peak Hispanic growth years of 2005-2006, when the construction boom attracted new migrants to low-wage work. They include Lakeland, Fla.; Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; Provo, Utah; Las Vegas; and Phoenix. All but two - Fort Myers, Fla., and Dallas-Fort Worth - also grew more slowly last year than in 2010, hurt by the jobs slump.

Pointing to a longer-term decline in immigration, demographers believe the Hispanic population boom may have peaked.

"The Latino population is very young, which means they will continue to have a lot of births relative to the general population," said Mark Mather, associate vice president of the Population Reference Bureau. "But we're seeing a slowdown that is likely the result of multiple factors: declining Latina birth rates combined with lower immigration levels. If both of these trends continue, they will lead to big changes down the road."

William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution who analyzed the census data, noted that government debates over immigration enforcement may now be less pressing, given slowing growth. "The current congressional and Supreme Court interest in reducing immigration - and the concerns especially about low-skilled and undocumented Hispanic immigration - represent issues that could well be behind us," he said.

Minorities made up roughly 2.02 million, or 50.4 percent of U.S. births in the 12-month period ending July 2011. That compares with 37 percent in 1990.

In all, 348 of the nation's 3,143 counties, or 1 in 9, have minority populations across all age groups that total more than 50 percent. In a sign of future U.S. race and ethnic change, the number of counties reaching the tipping point increases to more than 690, or nearly 1 in 4, when looking only at the under age 5 population.

The counties in transition include Maricopa (Phoenix), Ariz.; King (Seattle), Wash.; Travis (Austin), Texas; and Palm Beach, Fla., where recent Hispanic births are driving the increased diversity among children. Also high on the list are suburban counties such as Fairfax, Va., just outside the nation's capital, and Westchester, N.Y., near New York City, where more open spaces are a draw for young families who are increasingly minority.

According to the latest data, the percentage growth of Hispanics slowed from 4.2 percent in 2001 to 2.5 percent last year. Their population growth would have been even lower if it weren't for their relatively high fertility rates - seven births for every death. The median age of U.S. Hispanics is 27.6 years.

Births actually have been declining for both whites and minorities as many women postponed having children during the economic slump. But the drop since 2008 has been larger for whites, who have a median age of 42. The number of white births fell by 11.4 percent, compared with 3.2 percent for minorities, according to Kenneth Johnson, a sociologist at the University of New Hampshire.

Asian population increases also slowed, from 4.5 percent in 2001 to about 2.2 percent. Hispanics and Asians still are the two fastest-growing minority groups, making up about 16.7 percent and 4.8 percent of the U.S. population, respectively.

Blacks, who comprise about 12.3 percent of the population, have increased at a rate of about 1 percent each year. Whites have increased very little in recent years.

Other findings:

-The migration of black Americans back to the South is slowing. New destinations in the South, including Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Raleigh, N.C., and Orlando, Fla., saw sharp drop-offs in black population growth as the prolonged housing bust kept African-Americans locked in place in traditional big cities. Metro areas including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco had reduced declines or gains.

-Nine U.S. counties in five states saw their minority populations across all age groups surpass 50 percent last year. They were Sutter and Yolo in California; Quitman in Georgia; Cumberland in New Jersey; Colfax in New Mexico; and Lynn, Mitchell, Schleicher and Swisher in Texas.

-Maverick County, Texas, had the largest share of minorities at 96.8 percent, followed by Webb County, Texas, and Wade Hampton, Alaska, both at 96 percent.

-Four states - Hawaii, California, New Mexico and Texas - as well as the District of Columbia have minority populations that exceed 50 percent.

The census estimates used local records of births and deaths, tax records of people moving within the U.S., and census statistics on immigrants. The figures for "white" refer to those whites who are not of Hispanic ethnicity.

[conversationpc]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

[ebake02]

All the more reason to finally put an end to affirmative action. I'm all for equal opportunity, but not at the expense of getting the best qualified candidate for the job.

[verslibre]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

That's what Chief Sitting Bull said way back when.

[Don]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

That's what Chief Sitting Bull said way back when.

Pilgrim: "What did you call America before we arrived here?"
Indian: "Ours."

[Rick]

Fuck you whities!

[artist4perry]

Fuck you whities!

Your a bit pasty yourself chief. LOL! I have a fraction Cherokee...most people can claim some Indian. I have a photo of my great great great great great grandma who was a Cherokee...she was not a handsome woman either...guess I get some of my looks from her! I also have Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and English.

I think most Americans are mutts. Even a lot of African Americans have mixed blood, also Latinos. America is a melting pot. It is great all cultures bring in diversity, food, traditions, and so many cool thing from the homelands. But it is important to assimilate.

America is great that way. We are not African, German, Italian, Scottish, etc... We are Americans. But our homelands and ancestry bring a richness few other countries enjoy.

There are so many foods to choose from we fight about it when we go out...nobody can decide what kind to eat! LOL!

[Rick]

Fuck you whities!

Your a bit pasty yourself chief. LOL!

[AR]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

That's what Chief Sitting Bull said way back when.

Pilgrim: "What did you call America before we arrived here?"
Indian: "Ours."

And the Indians scalped those who tried to take their land in the process.

[ebake02]

Fuck you whities!

I'm whitey and I apologize!

http://comedians.jokes.com/christopher- ... -of-whitey

[steveo777]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

That's what Chief Sitting Bull said way back when.

Pilgrim: "What did you call America before we arrived here?"
Indian: "Ours."

And the Indians scalped those who tried to take their land in the process.

Do you blame them?

[verslibre]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

That's what Chief Sitting Bull said way back when.

Pilgrim: "What did you call America before we arrived here?"
Indian: "Ours."

And the Indians scalped those who tried to take their land in the process.

If I saw some pilgrims burning a virgin alive inside a huge Wicker Man, I'd start firing arrows, too!

[yulog]

I can't believe anyone would be surprised by this news, large families have always been synonymous with black and latino populations.

[AR]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

That's what Chief Sitting Bull said way back when.

Pilgrim: "What did you call America before we arrived here?"
Indian: "Ours."

And the Indians scalped those who tried to take their land in the process.

Do you blame them?

No, not at all. I blame US for letting this happen NOW. My agency accepts federal funding which means we have to follow Title VI civil rights requirements. This means if anyone walks through our doors and does not speak English we are required to be able to communicate with them and have our materials in THEIR language. That is restricted to languages of a certain percentage of population in our area which of course means Spanish, but now Korean as well.

Really? Just fucking ridiculous!

[steveo777]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

That's what Chief Sitting Bull said way back when.

Pilgrim: "What did you call America before we arrived here?"
Indian: "Ours."

And the Indians scalped those who tried to take their land in the process.

Do you blame them?

No, not at all. I blame US for letting this happen NOW. My agency accepts federal funding which means we have to follow Title VI civil rights requirements. This means if anyone walks through our doors and does not speak English we are required to be able to communicate with them and have our materials in THEIR language. That is restricted to languages of a certain percentage of population in our area which of course means Spanish, but now Korean as well.

Really? Just fucking ridiculous!

This is only gonna get worse for awhile, but the offspring are being taught English, so maybe this will turn around in time. When will whites become a protected class, due to becoming a minority?

How about this nice little read:
http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman ... tman.shtml

[Moon Beam]

I was appalled yesterday when I walked into my kids school and
saw under the secretary's English name plate on her desk was her name in Arabic.
Not French which is our second language but Arabic!
All kinds of asinine it is.

[parfait]

I was appalled yesterday when I walked into my kids school and
saw under the secretary's English name plate on her desk was her name in Arabic.
Not French which is our second language but Arabic!
All kinds of asinine it is.

When you move to a new country, then you have to learn the language - simple as that. Especially the Muslims constant need to bend the rules, bitch and argue is fucking infuriating. They'll burn down embassies if someone shows a picture of their prophet (who incidentally is a disgusting pedophile), and governments still bend over backwards to please these people? I don't get it.

[Ehwmatt]

I was appalled yesterday when I walked into my kids school and
saw under the secretary's English name plate on her desk was her name in Arabic.
Not French which is our second language but Arabic!
All kinds of asinine it is.

When you move to a new country, then you have to learn the language - simple as that. Especially the Muslims constant need to bend the rules, bitch and argue is fucking infuriating. They'll burn down embassies if someone shows a picture of their prophet (who incidentally is a disgusting pedophile), and governments still bend over backwards to please these people? I don't get it.

+1 sir, +1. Fuck 'em

[scarab]

under this logic we should all speak the the american indian language in our part of the US.
I have done my part and have taken classes in Dakota.

[steveo777]

under this logic we should all speak the the american indian language in our part of the US.
I have done my part and have taken classes in Dakota.

Bullshit. The American Indians assimilated, as everyone else in America should do. The only thing they don't do well is drink. I'm telling ya, our lives as we know them will be over and someday we will be expected to assimilate or we're gonna need translators to get though life. Days of the white English only speaker are going to end, except for those of us who colonize and move to the moon. Who's going with me?

[tater1977]

under this logic we should all speak the the american indian language in our part of the US.
I have done my part and have taken classes in Dakota.

Osiyo

[parfait]

I was appalled yesterday when I walked into my kids school and
saw under the secretary's English name plate on her desk was her name in Arabic.
Not French which is our second language but Arabic!
All kinds of asinine it is.

When you move to a new country, then you have to learn the language - simple as that. Especially the Muslims constant need to bend the rules, bitch and argue is fucking infuriating. They'll burn down embassies if someone shows a picture of their prophet (who incidentally is a disgusting pedophile), and governments still bend over backwards to please these people? I don't get it.

+1 sir, +1. Fuck 'em

I see myself as a pretty understanding guy. Couldn't give a flying fuck what people think, say or do in the privacy of their own home - but the incessant need for muslims to tear down the values of the enlightenment and replace it with ignorant garbage is unacceptable.

Non-western immigrants stood for every reported rape in Oslo the last 3 years, but the political correctness that pervades the left in Norway won't do anything about it. What's racist about demanding something from an immigrant? If you want to move to a country, then you can't be smooching on welfare or do crime - if you do, then get the fuck out.

[trekman]

Things ARE NOT going to change. Its too late for Europe. And probably America. Fertility rates are drastically changing. Immigration numbers, fertility rates are the main factor. Like it or not. Say what you will. Facts are facts. Muslim/Islam is and will dominate the world if it isnt somehow stopped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysBJ5G4m ... plpp_video

[AR]

I was appalled yesterday when I walked into my kids school and
saw under the secretary's English name plate on her desk was her name in Arabic.
Not French which is our second language but Arabic!
All kinds of asinine it is.

When you move to a new country, then you have to learn the language - simple as that. Especially the Muslims constant need to bend the rules, bitch and argue is fucking infuriating. They'll burn down embassies if someone shows a picture of their prophet (who incidentally is a disgusting pedophile), and governments still bend over backwards to please these people? I don't get it.

+1 sir, +1. Fuck 'em

+2 sir, +2. Fuck 'em

If I moved to another country I would learn the language or at least make a fucking attempt.

Thinking about moving to Tasmania. That's going to be tougher than a move to China to assimilate.

[Angel]

This is kinda sobering news in a way and not in a racist way. It's just the fact that immigrants are not assimilating into the culture like they used to. It used to be that immigrants would come here and, while retaining aspects of their own culture to maintain that identity, they would also assimilate into our culture, learn the language, etc. That isn't happening as much anymore. While I welcome the idea of immigrants coming here to better their own life and their family's, it's just not the same as it used to be.

I've had to learn Spanish because over half of my patients speak only Spanish...I guess it's the locals that need to "assimilate".

[verslibre]

under this logic we should all speak the the american indian language in our part of the US.
I have done my part and have taken classes in Dakota.

Bullshit. The American Indians were conquered, as everyone else in America should do. The only thing they don't do well is drink. I'm telling ya, our lives as we know them will be over and someday we will be expected to assimilate or we're gonna need translators to get though life. Days of the white English only speaker are going to end, except for those of us who colonize and move to the moon. Who's going with me?

Fixed.

P.S. Why don't whites just start fucking a lot more? Come on, y'all practically repopulated the continent, and now you're complaining about blacks and metzikins.

[steveo777]

under this logic we should all speak the the american indian language in our part of the US.
I have done my part and have taken classes in Dakota.

Bullshit. The American Indians were conquered, as everyone else in America should do. The only thing they don't do well is drink. I'm telling ya, our lives as we know them will be over and someday we will be expected to assimilate or we're gonna need translators to get though life. Days of the white English only speaker are going to end, except for those of us who colonize and move to the moon. Who's going with me?

Fixed.

P.S. Why don't whites just start fucking a lot more? Come on, y'all practically repopulated the continent, and now you're complaining about blacks and metzikins.

Because we care about throwing diapers away. Around here you can tell how many kids live in a house by how many dirty diapers you have to straddle over or step on on the sidewalk. Kids raise kids, not the parents. Each kid is worth about $1750 in Earned Income Credit to low income families. I make much more, but in 5 years I haven't had a tax refund. No wonder they come here and keep punching out kids. America had better wake up! Nobody is going to face up to reality or take any action, as to do so would upset the proverbial apple cart. We are in too deep!

[yulog]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/ma ... 39765.html This guy alone is "killin it for black people", you whities better get busy

[mikemarrs]

Political correctness,the left and all these things the governments and leaders are doing is beyond appalling.Do all the people worldwide or even most of the people realize what is going to happen if we don't try and stop this Muslim nonsense.Not only that but it seems in a way like everyone is standing back and letting these crazy people do whatever they want wherever they want.There needs to be something done before it gets too late if it isn't already too late.

[mikemarrs]

I was appalled yesterday when I walked into my kids school and
saw under the secretary's English name plate on her desk was her name in Arabic.
Not French which is our second language but Arabic!
All kinds of asinine it is.

When you move to a new country, then you have to learn the language - simple as that. Especially the Muslims constant need to bend the rules, bitch and argue is fucking infuriating. They'll burn down embassies if someone shows a picture of their prophet (who incidentally is a disgusting pedophile), and governments still bend over backwards to please these people? I don't get it.

+1 sir, +1. Fuck 'em

I see myself as a pretty understanding guy. Couldn't give a flying fuck what people think, say or do in the privacy of their own home - but the incessant need for muslims to tear down the values of the enlightenment and replace it with ignorant garbage is unacceptable.

Non-western immigrants stood for every reported rape in Oslo the last 3 years, but the political correctness that pervades the left in Norway won't do anything about it. What's racist about demanding something from an immigrant? If you want to move to a country, then you can't be smooching on welfare or do crime - if you do, then get the fuck out.

My brother and his wife visit her family regularly there in France.I think they live in Marseille.My brother was over there when all those violent protests were happening here a while back.So what do these muslims do move in somewhere and basically mooch off of the welfare system and throw violent protests when they feel like they are slighted,not respected or given whatever they feel they deserve as citizens? i'm just trying to understand what exactly it is these lunatics are doing to cause so much unrest.