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National minorities in the U.S. have a good chance of becoming a majority in the future
Last reviewed: 30.06.2025
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Minorities in the United States are on track to become majorities in the foreseeable future. According to a new report from the Brookings Institute, the white population in the United States has increased by just one point two percent over the past decade.
According to the researchers, in forty-two of the hundred largest cities and their suburbs in the United States, the white population has declined, and in 22 of these cities, national minorities have already become the majority. "Of course, there are still more white people living in the country. Even in large cities, there are more white people living - 57%. But this is a decline from 71 percent in 1990 and from 64 percent in 2000," says Brookings' leading expert on urban policy, Ilyam Frey.
Cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York and Washington, D.C., already have populations that were previously considered minorities. They are mostly Hispanic. "Dallas, Orlando and Atlanta are coming up very soon. Chicago and Austin will join them before the next census," Frey said. More than 310 million people currently live in the United States. The population is projected to grow to 440 million in forty years. Immigrants and their children will account for 82 percent of that growth. "Over the next ten years, we will see a decline in the white share of the workforce, largely due to the retirement of white people born during the period of rapid increase in birth rates, the so-called baby boomers, and their places will be taken by Hispanics and Asians," Frey said.
However, according to the researcher, the white population should not worry. The new workforce will not only provide for the retiring baby boomers, but will also take care of the country's economic growth.
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