Why more Americans are self-identifying as multiracial
Demographic change, the Census Bureau and Donald Trump all played a role
IT WAS FOUR months late, delayed by covid-19, but on August 12th America’s Census Bureau released data from the decennial headcount conducted last year. The results shed light on the sluggish growth of America’s population. Since 2010 it has increased by 7.4% to 331.5m, the slowest growth since the 1930s. And for the first time in America’s history, the number of non-Hispanic white people declined, falling by 2.6% to 192m. They now make up 57.8% of the population.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Omni-Americans”
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