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Clifford Tong — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:58:10 +0000

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New Ethnicmajority blog

U.S. Census Bureau predicts that whites will soon be the minority (San Francisco Examiner)

Editor — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:40:14 +0000

According to new government projections, the nation will be more racially and ethnically diverse by mid-century.

White people will no longer make up the majority of Americans by the year 2042. That’s eight years sooner than previous estimates, which were done in 2004.

Minorities, who now make up about one-third of the population, are expected to account for 54% of the population by 2050 while non-Hispanic whites will account for 46%.

The diversity process has sped up in this country�due to�immigration and high birth rates among minorities, especially Latinos. The report suggests that the Latino population is projected to nearly triple from 46 million to 132 million during the 2008-2050 period, which is an increase from 15 percent to 30 percent.�This means that�one in three U.S. residents would be Latino.

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U.S. Census Bureau predicts that whites will soon be the minority (San Francisco Examiner)

Pew Forum finds clear demographic changes in American Catholicism (Catholic World News)

Editor — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:03:17 +0000

In a profile of America’s Catholic population, released in advance of Pope Benedict’s visit to the US, the Pew Forum calls attention to a demographic shift, with younger Catholics less likely to remain active in the Church, while Hispanic immigrants replace many of the “cradle Catholics” who no longer practice the faith. “No other major faith in the U.S. has experienced greater net losses over the last few decades as a result of changes in religious affiliation than the Catholic Church,” the Pew report notes. Citing the extensive survey undertaken for the “Religious Landscape Survey” that was released earlier this month, the Pew Forum explains that “roughly one-third of those who were raised Catholic have left the church, and approximately one-in-ten American adults are former Catholics.”

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Pew Forum finds clear demographic changes in American Catholicism (Catholic World News)