White America Shrinking

For the first time in US history, more children were born to ethnic minorities last year than to white families, new data has shown, highlighting the coming of a seismic shift in the demographic complexion of America.

The figures showed that in the year to July 2011, some 50.4 per cent of babies born in the US were born to non-Whites – 26 per cent for Hispanics, 15 per cent African-Americans, 5 per cent Asian and the remaining 4.5 per cent in mixed marriages.

And while whites – currently 63.4 per cent – are projected to remain a majority of the US population until 2050, they will form a dramatically shrinking part of the working-age population who will pay future taxes and sustain economic growth.