The New Metro Minority Map: Regional Shifts in Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks from Census 2010, William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
“The 2010 census shows strikingly that the first decade of the 21st century was pivotal for racial and ethnic change in the United States, indicating a clear break from the past. The aging white population grew by only 1.2 percent over the 10-year period, giving way to the younger new minority growth engines, fueled by both recent immigration and natural increase. The two largest of these new minorities, Hispanics and Asians, each grew about 43 percenttogether accounting for more than 60 percent of the nations population growth over the last decade. Blacks, growing at 12 percent, contributed far less, making the old image of a largely white-black U.S. population more than obsolete. Yet this new sweep of diversity is not affecting all parts of the country evenlya fact that has created wedge issues across many segments of society. An earlier State of Metropolitan America report showed that racial and ethnic shifts are much more prevalent among youth than among older age groups, leading to the potential emergence of cultural generation gaps. This report takes a spatial perspective to illuminate how the largest new minoritiesHispanics and Asiansthough relatively concentrated in a few large metropolitan areas, are gradually spreading out to new destinations.”
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