Ethnic Minorities: 2011 Census Estimates

Roderick Harrison Dept: New 2011 census estimates highlight sweeping changes in the nation's racial makeup and the prolonged impact of a weak economy, which is now resulting in fewer Hispanics entering the U.S, according to CBC. According to a U.S. census, minorities made up roughly 2.02 million, or 50.4 per cent of U.S. births in the 12-month period ending July 2011. That compares with 37 per cent in 1990 and for the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing. "This is an important landmark," said Roderick Harrison, a former chief of racial statistics at the Census Bureau who is now a sociologist at Howard University. "This generation is growing up much more accustomed to diversity than its elders." 50.4% births minorities in July 2010-2011 Minorities made up roughly 2.02 million of U.S. births between July 2010-2011. iStock (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.