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WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. census 50-year outlook projects Hispanic and Asian populations will triple, and the total population will increase to 420 million, USA Today reported.
The projections by the Census Bureau also suggest by that time, non-Hispanic whites will represent only half of the population.
By 2030, 20 percent of Americans will be 65 or older, up from 12 percent in 2000.
While far lower than the 86 percent population increase from 1950 to 2000, the projected 49 percent growth by 2050 contrasts sharply with forecasts for most European countries. Germany and Italy, for example, are verging on population declines because of low fertility rates.
In other observations from the 2000 census, Hispanics surpassed blacks as the largest minority group in 2002, when their numbers hit 38.8 million.
The number of Hispanics is expected to increase by 2050 to 103 million. Their share of the nation's population will almost double to 24 percent.
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