US: Census shows white decline, nonwhite majority among youngest

US: Census shows white decline, nonwhite majority among youngest, by Mike Schneider.

For the first time, nonwhites and Hispanics were a majority of people under age 16 in 2019, an expected demographic shift that will grow over the coming decades, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. …

In 2019, a little under 40% of the total U.S. population was either nonwhite or Hispanic. Non-Hispanic whites are expected to be a minority of the U.S. population in about 25 years.

Not that anyone would care in a color-blind society. But in a nation of tribes, this looms large.