More Demographics

Interactive Map of Census Data from the New York Times

I was browsing Census data, as I'm wont to do, and notice something kind of interesting. I've made some earlier posts about how non-Hispanic Whites (for brevity, simply referred to as "White" from here on out) will not longer be the majority in the not so distant future, so I expect the population growth of minorities to outpace the growth of the White population. What I didn't expect though was to find that the white population is actually declining in a number states.

States with a declining White population:
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island

This got me wondering, with so many states seeing a declining white population, where is population growth coming from?

Population change 2000-2010
Total: 27.3 million
Hispanic: 15.2 million
Asian: 4.3 million
Black: 3.7 million
White: 2.3 million
Multiple: 1.4 million
Others: 0.4 million

Hispanics made up 55.5% of population change while representing only 16.3% of the total population. Whites only made up 8.3% of population change despite representing 63.7% of the total population. Even the Black and Asian populations saw a greater absolute increase in population.

Overall, the population of the US increased by 9.7%. The Hispanic population increased by 43%, followed closely by the Asian population which grew by 42.9%. The White population only grew by 1.2%. It seems that without migration, US population trends would more closely match those of most European states.