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Hispanics to Comprise 30% of U.S. Population by 2050
August 14, 2008
By Della de Lafuente
NEW YORK Hispanics are expected to account for one-third of the total U.S. population by 2050 with minorities expected to become the majority by 2042, according to projections out today (Aug. 14) by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The number of U.S. Hispanics is expected to triple in size by 2050, rising to 132.8 million in 2050 from 46.7 million today. As a result, Hispanics are projected to comprise 30 percent of the total U.S. population by mid century, a 50 percent jump from 15 percent today, per census projections.
Minorities, who now comprise roughly one-third of the U.S. population, are expected to become the majority in 2042 with the population projected to reach 235.7 million out of a projected total U.S. population of 439 million.
Minorities also will comprise more than half of all children by 2023, with nearly 40 percent projected to be Hispanic, up from 22 percent today, and 38 percent are expected to be non-Hispanic white, down from 56 percent today, the census projects.
Moreover, the working-age U.S. population is projected to become more than 50 percent minority in 2039 and 55 percent minority, up from 34 percent today. Among those, 30 percent will be Hispanic, up from 15 percent today; 15 percent will be black, up from 13 percent in 2008; and 9.6 percent will be Asian, up from 5.3 percent today.
By 2050, the nation is expected to be older, with one and five U.S. residents is expected to be 65 and older, as well as more racially and ethnically diverse -- or 54 percent minority -- with the U.S. population projected to reach 400 million in 2039, per the census bureau.
Among people of color, the black population is projected to increase 65.7 million, or 15 percent of the population in 2050, from 41.1 million or 14 percent of the population today, per the census.
The number of Asians is expected to climb to 40.6 million, or 9.2 percent of the total U.S. population in 2050, from 15.5 million or 5.1 percent today, according to census projections.
Among non-Hispanic white U.S. residents, population growth is expected to grow slightly by 2050 to 203.3 million from just under 200 million today, with this group projected to drop 30 percent in population size during the 2030s and 2040s, comprising 46 percent of the total U.S. population in 2050, down from 66 percent today, per census projections.
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