White Folk Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
First Nations Peoples: Hey, How Does It Feel
The non-Hispanic white population, which remains the largest race or ethnic group, shrank by 8.6% over the decade and now accounts for [just] 57.8% of the U.S. population – the lowest share on record.
People who identify as multi-racial increased by 276%, from 9 million in 2010 to 33.8 million in 2020.
A few highlights from Census 2020 data:
- The White population remained the largest race or ethnicity group in the United States, with 204.3 million people identifying as White alone. Overall, 235.4 million people reported White alone or in combination with another group. However, the White alone population decreased by 8.6% since 2010.
- The Two or More Races population (also referred to as the Multiracial population) has changed considerably since 2010. The Multiracial population was measured at 9 million people in 2010 and is now 33.8 million people in 2020, a 276% increase.
- The “in combination” multiracial populations for all race groups accounted for most of the overall changes in each racial category.
- All of the race alone or in combination groups experienced increases. The Some Other Race alone or in combination group (49.9 million) increased 129%, surpassing the Black or African American population (46.9 million) as the second-largest race alone or in combination group.
- The next largest racial populations were the Asian alone or in combination group (24 million), the American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination group (9.7 million), and the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination group (1.6 million).
- The Hispanic or Latino population, which includes people of any race, was 62.1 million in 2020. The Hispanic or Latino population grew 23%, while the population that was not of Hispanic or Latino origin grew 4.3% since 2010.
An interesting snap shot:
Long Island, New York. Total Population 2,921,694
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2020 population
% change from 2010
Asian 228,184
50.3%
Black 254,484
4.5%
Hispanic 589,384
33.5%
White 1,746,784
-10.2%
Other 102,858
105.8%
Total 2,921,694
3.1%
