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US states districts and territories in 2020 in which non-Hispanic whites are less than 50%. In the United States of America, majority-minority area or minority-majority area is a term describing a U.S. state or jurisdiction whose population is composed of less than 50% non-Hispanic whites.
Based on the 2010 census, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in 191 out of 366 metropolitan areas in the US. [12] The projected Hispanic population of the United States for July 1, 2050 is 132.8 million people, or 30.2% of the nation's total projected population on that date. [13]
The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.
Almost 20 percent more Latinos will be eligible to vote in 2020 than during the last presidential election cycle, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, making the group the largest ethnic minority ...
Based on the 2010 census, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in 191 out of 366 metropolitan areas in the United States. [69] The projected Hispanic population of the United States for July 1, 2050 is 132.8 million people, or 30.2% of the nation's total projected population on that date. [70]
Population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole, and according to the Census Bureau's 2020 estimation, 50% of U.S. children under the age of 18 are members of ethnic minority groups. [28] As of 2020, white people numbered 235,411,507 or 71% of the population, including people who identified as white in combination with another race.
Since July 2022, Hispanics have composed 40.2% of Texas' population, compared with 39.8% made up of non-Hispanic white people.
The term "minority group" has different usages, depending on the context.According to its common usage, the term minority group can simply be understood in terms of demographic sizes within a population: i.e. a group in society with the least number of individuals, or less than half, is a "minority".