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(CNN) -- The influence of traditional minorities in the United States will continue to grow, new Census Bureau statistics suggest, with Hispanics born as American citizens accounting for more than a third of the population increase last year.
Bureau figures released Wednesday show the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005. Hispanics accounted for 1.3 million of that increase, with 800,000 attributable to natural causes -- births minus deaths -- rather than immigration.
Coupled with the high birth rate for Hispanics -- the Population Resource Center cites statistics showing the average Hispanic woman will have three children in her lifetime; it's 1.8 for non-Hispanic whites -- the number means Hispanics will make up an increasing share of the citizenry. (Watch how these population changes will alter the political landscape -- 1:45)
"It mutes the illegal-versus-legal debate," said Linda Jacobson, director of domestic programs for the Population Reference Bureau in Washington. "We need to be more focused on how we meet the needs of children in immigrant families who are citizens."
Census statistics also show that 45 percent of children under age 5 are from a racial or ethnic minority.
About a third of Hispanics were younger than 18, compared with a fourth of the population in general, the bureau said.
The median age for Hispanics -- the point at which half are older and half are younger -- was 27.2 years in 2005. It was 30.0 years for blacks and 40.3 years for white non-Hispanics.
For Census measurements, Hispanics can be of any race. The following numbers include people who reported a race alone or in combination with one or more other races.
The overall U.S. population totaled 296.4 million in 2005; 33 percent of that number, or 98 million, were minorities.
Hispanics remained the largest minority group at 42.7 million. They were the fastest growing group from 2004 to 2005, with a 3.3 percent increase.
Blacks represented the second largest minority group, with 39.7 million people and a 1.3 percent increase from 2004 to 2005.
They were followed by Asians (14.4 million; 3 percent increase); American Indians and Alaska natives (4.5 million; 1 percent increase); and native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders (990,000; 1.5 percent increase).
The number of non-Hispanic whites indicating no other race in 2005 totaled 198.4 million, an increase of 0.3 percent.
Growing clout
Because there is only one death for every 8.2 Hispanic births in the U.S., according to Census estimates, the U.S.-born Hispanic population can only be expected to grow.
With growth will come increased economic and political clout.
"Already, Hispanics are an economic force, and because they are growing in number, that won't change," said Jacobson, who added that corporate America is taking notice.
Libbey Paul, a senior vice president of marketing for ACNielson, the marketing information company, told The Associated Press that supermarkets are looking to stock more of what large, young families need, items like toothpaste, and food companies are producing more products that cater to Hispanic tastes.
"They've become more politically and socially visible," she told AP. "It's never been this vocal."
President Bush and Congress have been debating changes to the nation's immigration laws in recent months, spawning a series of high-profile demonstrations across the country by protesters sympathetic to illegal immigrants.
Mark Sawyer, an assistant professor of political science at UCLA, said the growing Hispanic population nationwide could tip the political balance in some states.
Potentially alienating Hispanic voters, he said, "is of concern to the Republican Party."
Hispanic voters, he said, tend to "believe in a kind of social safety net."
"They're concerned about education and health care and believe the government should play a role in it," Sawyer said. "That potentially means that many red states may turn blue, particularly those that still have a large African-American population."
Bureau figures released Wednesday show the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005. Hispanics accounted for 1.3 million of that increase, with 800,000 attributable to natural causes -- births minus deaths -- rather than immigration.
Coupled with the high birth rate for Hispanics -- the Population Resource Center cites statistics showing the average Hispanic woman will have three children in her lifetime; it's 1.8 for non-Hispanic whites -- the number means Hispanics will make up an increasing share of the citizenry. (Watch how these population changes will alter the political landscape -- 1:45)
"It mutes the illegal-versus-legal debate," said Linda Jacobson, director of domestic programs for the Population Reference Bureau in Washington. "We need to be more focused on how we meet the needs of children in immigrant families who are citizens."
Census statistics also show that 45 percent of children under age 5 are from a racial or ethnic minority.
About a third of Hispanics were younger than 18, compared with a fourth of the population in general, the bureau said.
The median age for Hispanics -- the point at which half are older and half are younger -- was 27.2 years in 2005. It was 30.0 years for blacks and 40.3 years for white non-Hispanics.
For Census measurements, Hispanics can be of any race. The following numbers include people who reported a race alone or in combination with one or more other races.
The overall U.S. population totaled 296.4 million in 2005; 33 percent of that number, or 98 million, were minorities.
Hispanics remained the largest minority group at 42.7 million. They were the fastest growing group from 2004 to 2005, with a 3.3 percent increase.
Blacks represented the second largest minority group, with 39.7 million people and a 1.3 percent increase from 2004 to 2005.
They were followed by Asians (14.4 million; 3 percent increase); American Indians and Alaska natives (4.5 million; 1 percent increase); and native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders (990,000; 1.5 percent increase).
The number of non-Hispanic whites indicating no other race in 2005 totaled 198.4 million, an increase of 0.3 percent.
Growing clout
Because there is only one death for every 8.2 Hispanic births in the U.S., according to Census estimates, the U.S.-born Hispanic population can only be expected to grow.
With growth will come increased economic and political clout.
"Already, Hispanics are an economic force, and because they are growing in number, that won't change," said Jacobson, who added that corporate America is taking notice.
Libbey Paul, a senior vice president of marketing for ACNielson, the marketing information company, told The Associated Press that supermarkets are looking to stock more of what large, young families need, items like toothpaste, and food companies are producing more products that cater to Hispanic tastes.
"They've become more politically and socially visible," she told AP. "It's never been this vocal."
President Bush and Congress have been debating changes to the nation's immigration laws in recent months, spawning a series of high-profile demonstrations across the country by protesters sympathetic to illegal immigrants.
Mark Sawyer, an assistant professor of political science at UCLA, said the growing Hispanic population nationwide could tip the political balance in some states.
Potentially alienating Hispanic voters, he said, "is of concern to the Republican Party."
Hispanic voters, he said, tend to "believe in a kind of social safety net."
"They're concerned about education and health care and believe the government should play a role in it," Sawyer said. "That potentially means that many red states may turn blue, particularly those that still have a large African-American population."
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And every nino born to an illegal in America is a US citizen.
We need to change the amendment to the Constitution that allows this.
You guys didn't listen to Bill Clinton ? When he bragged that Caucasian would be minority status by 2050..later lowered to 2030, as the Elites allowed the swarms to invade ?
You Kool-Aid drinkers that still w horeship the party leadership..support the ongoing war in Iraq ? Why then cannot we take Mexico...a FAR GREATER danger as the President of Mexico aids and abets an INVASION of America.
I forget again...our president is ALSO aiding and abeting that invasion...and busily gathering information on REAL Americans..the only real threat the Beast HAS....
The Irish assimilated. The barbarians refuse to learn English..and are forcing us to fund multiculturism...death for a Nation.
You guys didn't listen to Bill Clinton ? When he bragged that Caucasian would be minority status by 2050..later lowered to 2030, as the Elites allowed the swarms to invade ?
You Kool-Aid drinkers that still w horeship the party leadership..support the ongoing war in Iraq ? Why then cannot we take Mexico...a FAR GREATER danger as the President of Mexico aids and abets an INVASION of America.
I forget again...our president is ALSO aiding and abeting that invasion...and busily gathering information on REAL Americans..the only real threat the Beast HAS....
Highball scores a +1
This is an apples and bald eagles argument about the current invasion of mexican/hispanic hordes and the Irish (to far out for an apples and oranges analogy)[;)]
They got off the boat and got to work, there was no welfare.
They didn't demand that ballots be printed in Irish Gaelic, they learned English.
Kristov,your skewed logic is a very big part of the reason our country is being given away right under our noses.You and countless other "good americans" are trying to apply a pro-immigration rational from the 19th century.Today,the Democratic party owes its' sorry survival to the minority vote.Minorities,with very few exceptions, vote for the liberal democatic candidates.The voting block consisting of blacks,hispanics,feminists,gays,over and under educated whites and others has been carefully nurtured by the left-wing for decades.If the 30-50 million illegals are succesful in their attempt to become new american citizens thru an amnesty law you will see a shift to the left in this country that is unparalleled in our history.Hope you're not counting on your gun collection to supplement your retirement![:0]
Mexicans are simply demanding their citizenship.
Italians...just as bad and I won't even start on the Jews.
Now...Germans finns sweds and norwegions those were good immigrants..hard working farmers
and the brits....captains of industry
The mexican invasion is the modern equivelent of slavery. except they don't stay on the plantation and while it won't take a boat to send them all home. it will take an act of congress
You guys didn't listen to Bill Clinton ? When he bragged that Caucasian would be minority status by 2050..later lowered to 2030, as the Elites allowed the swarms to invade ?
Shouldn`t that word be changed to ENCOURAGED?
"If the 30-50 million illegals are succesful in their attempt to become new american citizens thru an amnesty law you will see a shift to the left in this country that is unparalleled in our history."
"Go back 150 years and the same things were being said about the Irish. The latest census data shows that something like 12% of all Americans claim Irish heritage so you can see that the threat was indeed real! No offense intened Mr. Griggs."
Kristov,your skewed logic is a very big part of the reason our country is being given away right under our noses.You and countless other "good americans" are trying to apply a pro-immigration rational from the 19th century.Today,the Democratic party owes its' sorry survival to the minority vote.Minorities,with very few exceptions, vote for the liberal democatic candidates.The voting block consisting of blacks,hispanics,feminists,gays,over and under educated whites and others has been carefully nurtured by the left-wing for decades.If the 30-50 million illegals are succesful in their attempt to become new american citizens thru an amnesty law you will see a shift to the left in this country that is unparalleled in our history.Hope you're not counting on your gun collection to supplement your retirement![:0]
I read that article twice more and found no mention of illegal alliens at all, it simply stated hispanics. Of course it is easy to hide a dislike for one particular ethnic group under the cover of a criminal act (such as entering the country illegally) but the article specifically excluded immigration as a factor. I guess it is the engineer in me that forces me to read the information presented and comment soley on that information rather than going off on a tangent. Have no fear about my retirement as it is fully funded.
The Irish had been coming to America for years, but in the 1840's the potato famine crushed their homeland. During that decade, a fourth of the population died of disease and hunger, and many fled to the U.S. (Bailey 325). Here, they lived at the bottom of the social scale, working as menial laborers and domestic servants, and living in squalid conditions. The native population looked down on them, considering them less clean and hygienic (Daniels 131). Furthermore, the Irish, like today's Hispanics, were accused of stealing American jobs. This fear and resentment led to the famous sign often posted in store windows: "No Irish need apply." The sign was so common that it was frequently abbreviated simply to "NINA" (Bailey 325).
"It mutes the illegal-versus-legal debate," said Linda Jacobson, director of domestic programs for the Population Reference Bureau in Washington. "We need to be more focused on how we meet the needs of children in immigrant families who are citizens."
Sorry you missed it all three times Kristov.Hmmm....engineers can read,right???