Texas has become the fourth state to have a non-white majority population, the US Census Bureau said today, in a trend driven by a surging number of Hispanics moving to the state.
Actually, there is probably no majority now in TX.
Five other states -- Maryland, Mississippi, Georgia, New York, and Arizona -- are not far behind, with non-white populations pegged at about 40 percent.
I am not sure what they mean far behind. For an example, NY had a population that was 67% white in 2000; hispanics and blacks each made up 15% of the population for a total of 30%. In 2000, MD had a population that was 62% white; 27% black and 4% hispanic. MSS had a population that was 60% whites; blacks were 36% and hispanics 1%. GA had 63% whites, 28% black, and 5% hispanic.
The population doesn't change that quickly in those states to suggest that those ratios will change much in the future. NM and HW have had non white majorities for years....I think decades. With TX and CA, the changes will mean that no race will be a majority.
Whoever wrote the article doesn't have a clue.
Like I've said to you before, cultural and racial diversity is much a more reality in the States than it is in Europe.
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