Minority Babies Now Make Up The Majority Of Infants Born In The U.S.
- 8 years ago
Babies belonging to ethnic or racial minority groups make up the majority of infants born in America. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's recently released July 2015 estimates, this group of babies under the age of 1 composed 50.2 percent of almost 4 million total births in the country.
Babies belonging to ethnic or racial minority groups make up the majority of infants born in America.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's recently released July 2015 estimates, this group of babies under the age of 1 composed 50.2 percent of almost 4 million total births in the country, notes Boise Weekly.
The Pew Research Center states, “In sheer numbers, there were 1,995,102 minority babies compared with 1,982,936 non-Hispanic white infants.”
The reversal happened for the first time in 2013 and appears to have continued since.
About 1,000 more minority babies were born that year than non-Hispanic white babies; in 2014, the difference was about 16,000, and in 2015, it was about 12,000.
The crossover had been estimated to occur sooner, but the U.S. economic crash in 2007-2008 caused a sharp decline in the birth rate among “Hispanic and immigrant women.”
As for when minorities will outnumber non-Hispanic whites across the general population, the agency predicts this change will occur by 2044, but Pew thinks it will take about 10 years longer.
Babies belonging to ethnic or racial minority groups make up the majority of infants born in America.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's recently released July 2015 estimates, this group of babies under the age of 1 composed 50.2 percent of almost 4 million total births in the country, notes Boise Weekly.
The Pew Research Center states, “In sheer numbers, there were 1,995,102 minority babies compared with 1,982,936 non-Hispanic white infants.”
The reversal happened for the first time in 2013 and appears to have continued since.
About 1,000 more minority babies were born that year than non-Hispanic white babies; in 2014, the difference was about 16,000, and in 2015, it was about 12,000.
The crossover had been estimated to occur sooner, but the U.S. economic crash in 2007-2008 caused a sharp decline in the birth rate among “Hispanic and immigrant women.”
As for when minorities will outnumber non-Hispanic whites across the general population, the agency predicts this change will occur by 2044, but Pew thinks it will take about 10 years longer.