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*WSJ - 7 August 2008*
Conor Dougherty
Metropolitan areas across the U.S. continue to get more diverse as
minorities, especially Hispanics, increase their share of the population.
Census Bureau figures demonstrate Hispanics continue to spread beyond
Los Angeles, New York and into other cities, suburbs and rural America.
The Hispanic population increased in 95% of counties with
an overall population greater than 10,000.
"The white population is getting older and becoming more constrained."
The white population is declining in about half of U.S. counties.
More than half the population identifies itself as something other than
non-Hispanic white.
Whites are projected to fall below 50% of the total U.S. population by
2050. Several states, including Texas, California, Hawaii and New
Mexico, have already hit that milestone.
Among the black population, the largest growth is among southern cities
with the largest numerical gain in Atlanta, where the black population rose
by about 65,000. The Dallas-Fort Worth area added 23,000 blacks, and
Charlotte, N.C., added 17,000.
Conor Dougherty
Metropolitan areas across the U.S. continue to get more diverse as
minorities, especially Hispanics, increase their share of the population.
Census Bureau figures demonstrate Hispanics continue to spread beyond
Los Angeles, New York and into other cities, suburbs and rural America.
The Hispanic population increased in 95% of counties with
an overall population greater than 10,000.
"The white population is getting older and becoming more constrained."
The white population is declining in about half of U.S. counties.
More than half the population identifies itself as something other than
non-Hispanic white.
Whites are projected to fall below 50% of the total U.S. population by
2050. Several states, including Texas, California, Hawaii and New
Mexico, have already hit that milestone.
Among the black population, the largest growth is among southern cities
with the largest numerical gain in Atlanta, where the black population rose
by about 65,000. The Dallas-Fort Worth area added 23,000 blacks, and
Charlotte, N.C., added 17,000.