Growing Diversity Expands Opportunities for Multiracial Interaction, Especially Among Children
In fact, the child population is more diverse than the adult population in 47 of the 51 states (including DC) and in two of the remaining four states the differences are minimal. children will differ in race/Hispanic origin is 69 percent compared to 58 percent among those over 18. The chances that two randomly selected U.S. In every region of the country, child diversity is greater than that of the adult population. The maps also underscore the greater diversity among the children than adults. In contrast, in much of New England, the Great Lakes, and the Northern Great Plains, the population is far more homogeneous, as reflected in the blues and greens on the map. This is reflected in the yellow and orange areas of Figures 3 and 4. Here the likelihood that two residents of the same county will be of a different race or Hispanic origin is high. For example, in much of the South and West, as well as in large urban areas nationwide, the population is quite diverse both among adults and children. In many areas of the country, diversity is widespread. Racial-ethnic diversity is geographically uneven across the United States. Only non-Hispanic Whites and Asians comprise a smaller share of the nation’s child population than of the adult population.Ĭonsiderable Geographic Variation in Diversity A similar pattern exists among non-Hispanic Blacks, Native Peoples, and those of “some other” races. The multiracial child population also includes a larger share of the child population (6.7 percent) than of the adult population (3.3 percent). Hispanics represent 25.7 percent of the under 18 population compared to 16.8 percent of the population over 18 (Figure 2). child population declined by 1.1 million (-1.4 percent) between 20, because the youth gain among other groups was not sufficient to offset the non-Hispanic White and Black loss. During the same period, the non-Hispanic White child population diminished by 12.9 percent to 34.6 million. Over the past decade, the minority child population increased by 11.8 percent to 38.5 million, despite a modest decline in the number of non-Hispanic Black children. The greater diversity among children is the result of two diverging trends. population under age 18 belonged to a minority group in 2020 compared to 39.2 percent of the population over age 18. Children in the Vanguard of Growing DiversityĬhildren are at the leading edge of the nation’s growing diversity. The population reporting that they were Native Peoples (2.9 million) or of “some other race” (1.7 million) also increased together, these two groups now represent 1.4 percent of the population. The largest percentage gain was among multiracial non-Hispanic residents, who at 13.5 million, now represent 4.1 percent of the population. The Census also enumerated 33.9 million non-Hispanic Blacks representing 12.1 percent of the population, and 19.6 million (5.9 percent) non-Hispanic Asians. Hispanics represent the largest share of this growing population with 62.1 million residents, or 18.7 percent of the population (Figure 1). population compared to 36.3 percent in 2010 and 30.5 percent in 2000. Together these groups now number 139.8 million people and represent 42.2 percent of the U.S. diversity was a 24.9 percent population gain among groups other than non-Hispanics Whites. This is 5.1 million fewer than in 2010, when the non-Hispanic White population was 63.7 percent of the U.S. In all, 57.8 percent of the nation’s residents (191.7 million) reported to the Census Bureau that they were White alone and not of Hispanic origin on the 2020 Census. The largest racial group remains non-Hispanic Whites. The growing diversity of the population during the decade reflects differential patterns of demographic change among the numerous sub-groups within the U.S. The net result was a significant increase in racial diversity over the course of the decade, both in the population as a whole, and children in particular. Yet, there was significant variation in the rate and direction of population change among the numerous racial and Hispanic origin groups that together represent the U.S. population grew by a modest 7.4 percent during the past decade to 331.4 million in April 2020. Diversity was geographically widespread and increased in every region of the country.
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