Hispanics are now 19.1% of the U.S. population but are projected to make up 26.9% of the population in nearly four decades.

The U.S. Latino population, now about 1 in 5 Americans, is projected to continue increasing through the year 2060, when over 1 in 4 Americans are likely to be Latino, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections released Thursday.

Hispanics are now 19.1% of the U.S. population but are projected to make up 26.9% of the population in less than four decades. Meanwhile, the non-Hispanic white population is projected to continue to decline from 58.9% now to 44.9% by 2060.

Overall, the U.S. population is projected to continue to grow from 333 million today to a high of nearly 370 million in 2080, but then dip downward to 366 million in the year 2100.

  • Eheran@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I compare their absurd prediction with a hypothetical prediction from the 1940s. I am sure there are real ones too. And sure enough, there are. Predictions from up to 1980 are far from the current population. That are just 40 years, not 80, but they are wrong by about 2 billion or 25 %. And the world did not change massively since 1980.