Michelle Matteson
The Growing Majority-Minority Population
By Gregory Fisher Headlines continue to chronicle the nation’s demographic growth of its minority populations. So it should come as no surprise that each new data release from government agencies shows the trend growing in momentum. For example, in 2012 the U.S. Census Bureau reported that, for the first time in U.S. history, more minority babies were born than white, non-Hispanic (non-minority) babies. Projections suggest that the United States as a whole will become “majority-minority” sometime in the 2040s. As the nation’s demographic landscape continues to transform, it is interesting to look at this national trend and see how it…
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