Minority population increasing in states

Buckeyefan 1

Buckeyefan 1

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I am not seeing this as a good thing here in the US. Imagine the tax burden on this exploding population in the coming years. I may take early retirement on a small island, or consider moving to Canada ... nah. ;)


By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Tue Aug 15, 7:18 AM ET

WASHINGTON - America's growing diversity has reached nearly every state.

From South Carolina's budding immigrant population to the fast-rising number of Hispanics in Arkansas, minority groups make up an increasing share of the population in every state but one, according to figures released Tuesday by the
Census Bureau.

"This is just an extraordinary explosion of diversity all across the United States," said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. "It's diversity and immigration going hand in hand."

West Virginia is the exception, with its struggling economy and little history of attracting immigrants.

Frey said states that attract large numbers of immigrants can consider it a "badge of economic success." There have, however, been backlashes.

"In some places it will be awhile before they are accepted by the locals," Frey said. "All we have to do is look at this immigration debate."

Immigration policy is a big issue in this year's midterm congressional elections, and the new data help explain why. Immigrants — legal and illegal — make up a growing portion of the population in 46 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, they went from 11.1 percent of the population in 2000 to 12.4 percent last year.

The 2005 figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, which is replacing the "long form" on the 10-year census. Starting this year, the annual survey of about 3 million households provides yearly data on communities of 65,000 or larger. By 2010, it will provide annual multiyear averages for the smallest neighborhoods covered by the 10-year census.

The data released Tuesday cover, race, immigration, education and age characteristics. Economic and housing data will be released in the coming weeks.

The survey, which cost $170 million in 2005, has limitations. For example, only people living in households were surveyed. That excludes the 3 percent of people who live in nursing homes, hospitals, college dormitories, military barracks, prisons and other dwellings known as group quarters.

Also, the numbers for Gulf Coast states do not reflect the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which scattered hundreds of thousands of people last year.

Among the findings:

_Education levels increased in every state from 2000 to 2005. Nationally, the share of adults 25 and older with at least a high school diploma increased from 80 percent to 84 percent. The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree increased from 24 percent to 27 percent.

_Every state is getting older. Nationally, the median age — the one at which half the population is older and half is younger — went from 35.3 in 2000 to 36.4 last year.

_Hispanics increased their hold as the country's largest minority group, at 14.5 percent of the population, compared with 12.8 percent for blacks.

Hispanic is a term for people with ethnic backgrounds in Spanish- speaking countries. Hispanics can be of any race, and most in the U.S. are white. When demographers talk about the shrinking percentage of white people in America, generally they are talking about whites who are not Hispanic.

_Such whites are a minority in four states — Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas — and the District of Columbia. The share of white people fell below 60 percent in three other states — Maryland, Georgia and Nevada. Nationally, non-Hispanic whites make up about 67 percent of the population, down from 70 percent at the start of the decade.

California, New York, Texas and Florida have the nation's largest immigrant populations. The new data show that immigrants will travel beyond those states if there are jobs available.

South Carolina's immigrant population grew by 47 percent since 2000, more than any other state. Hispanics grew by 48 percent in Arkansas, the most of any state.

Michael MacFarlane, South Carolina's state demographer, said immigrants and Hispanics were attracted by a healthy economy that offered jobs requiring few skills.

"They are in all sorts of construction, food processing, service jobs, the whole spectrum, where they used to be primarily in agriculture," MacFarlane said.

West Virginia, meanwhile, was one of only two states in which the percentage of white people grew. The other was Hawaii, where whites are an increasing minority.
 
gmichael

gmichael

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I don't mind what the numbers say. As long as they work hard and don't break the laws, I welcome all.
 
gellor

gellor

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Buckeyefan 1 said:
I am not seeing this as a good thing here in the US. Imagine the tax burden on this exploding population in the coming years. I may take early retirement on a small island, or consider moving to Canada ... nah. ;)
And why would you wanna do that? You can't even order shoes from Zappos there, and SVS charges an arm and a leg for shipping.
 
Sheep

Sheep

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gellor said:
And why would you wanna do that? You can't even order shoes from Zappos there, and SVS charges an arm and a leg for shipping.
ROFL! I have this forum in the palm of my hand. :D

SheepStar
 
gmichael

gmichael

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Sheep said:
ROFL! I have this forum in the palm of my hand. :D

SheepStar
Are you sure that it's this forum that you have in that palm?:D
 
krabapple

krabapple

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Buckeyefan 1 said:
I am not seeing this as a good thing here in the US. Imagine the tax burden on this exploding population in the coming years.
Imagine the tax revenue from this exploding population in the coming years.

(Are you sure is the *tax* aspect that's bugging you?)
 
Buckeyefan 1 said:
I am not seeing this as a good thing here in the US. Imagine the tax burden on this exploding population in the coming years. I may take early retirement on a small island, or consider moving to Canada ... nah. ;)
I'm about ready to start deleting your troll threads. You're becoming notorius for dropping these hand grenades in what I can only imagine are hopes that you can garner a top-rated thread with lots of posts for your collection.

If you don't have anything intelligent to say in the way of commentary, you are basically trolling. By definition.
 
Rock&Roll Ninja

Rock&Roll Ninja

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And to think they thought I was crazy when I started studying Chinese!

I think I should find my old highschool Spanish textbooks while I'm at it......
 
Buckeyefan 1

Buckeyefan 1

Audioholic Ninja
Clint DeBoer said:
I'm about ready to start deleting your troll threads. You're becoming notorius for dropping these hand grenades in what I can only imagine are hopes that you can garner a top-rated thread with lots of posts for your collection.

If you don't have anything intelligent to say in the way of commentary, you are basically trolling. By definition.
My bad. I read the days headlines and if it's interesting, I'll post it. It seems this topic is going to be a problem for the US in the near future. No problem deleting the thread. It's really not about garnering lots of posts. Just information from the media. It's not like I get paid for the threads I start. It's more the members here can debate an important topic intellectually (for the most part).

FWIW, many of the incoming immigrants will have children that receive free public education. Most of the immigrants won't make what it costs to send these children to school - let alone healthcare and in some cases public assistance. That yields a large tax burden on the rest of the population - be it other immigrants who work and pay taxes, or those born here.

Columbus has an exploding population of Somalis that get free health care, need interpreters, and attend local schools. Our public schooling system is now on the "no child left behind" act. That means standardized testing will be greatly affected by immigrant children that score poorly and affect this grading system. Schools can lose funds because of poor grading.
 
Sheep

Sheep

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in what I can only imagine are hopes that you can garner a top-rated thread with lots of posts for your collection.
No no no, thats me. :rolleyes: :D

If you don't have anything intelligent to say in the way of commentary, you are basically trolling. By definition.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't buckeyenut start a ho-gillion threads about how he hates democrats? If you ask me, that much worse then what buckeyefan has done. I mean, have you seen the way nut words things? Jees.

SheepStar
 
Sheep said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't buckeyenut start a ho-gillion threads about how he hates democrats? If you ask me, that much worse then what buckeyefan has done. I mean, have you seen the way nut words things?
Yea, we'll try to crack down on both sides of the troll bridge fairly. Gotta start the warnings somewhere...
 

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