The US , Grew More Diverse , Over the Past Decade.
2020 U.S. Census data reveals the most diverse population in the history of the country.
The Asian population in the U.S. increased by 35 percent during the ten years between the censuses.
The Hispanic population grew by 23 percent during the same period.
Overall, the number of people who identify as multi-racial increased by a striking 276 percent... ... from nine million to 33.8 million.
[The U.S. is] much more multiracial and much more racially and ethnically diverse than what we measured in the past, Nicholas Jones, Census Bureau’s Population Division, via 'The Washington Post'.
For the first time since 1790, the census reported a shrink in the number of people who only identify as white... ... from 223.6 million ten years ago, to 204.3 million in 2020.
The percentage of white people fell from 63.7% to 57.8%.
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Twenty years ago if you told people this was going to be the case, they wouldn’t have believed you, Nicholas Jones, Census Bureau’s Population Division, via 'The Washington Post'.
The country is changing dramatically, Nicholas Jones, Census Bureau’s Population Division, via 'The Washington Post'.
Researchers with the Brookings Institute say that declining birthrates and the opioid epidemic likely factor into the shift.
The overall growth of population in the U.S. during the 10 years between the census was 7.4 percent, the lowest since the 1930s
