The AP, by way of CNN, wrote:
More than 30 percent of the increase in the U.S. population last year was Hispanics born as American citizens, according to the Census Bureau, just one indicator that the influence of traditional minorities will continue to grow.
Bureau statistics released Tuesday show the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005. Hispanics accounted for 1.3 million of that increase, with 800,000 attributable to natural causes -- births minus deaths -- rather than immigration.
Coupled with the high birth rate for Hispanics -- the Population Resource Center cites statistics showing the average Hispanic woman will have three children in her lifetime; it's 1.8 for non-Hispanic whites -- the number means Hispanics will make up an increasing share of the citizenry.
[...]
45 percent of children under age 5 are from a racial or ethnic minority.
About a third of Hispanics were younger than 18, compared with a fourth of the population in general.
The median age for Hispanics -- the point at which half are older and half are younger -- was 27.2 years in 2005. It was 30.0 years for blacks and 40.3 years for white non-Hispanics.
Bureau statistics released Tuesday show the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005. Hispanics accounted for 1.3 million of that increase, with 800,000 attributable to natural causes -- births minus deaths -- rather than immigration.
Coupled with the high birth rate for Hispanics -- the Population Resource Center cites statistics showing the average Hispanic woman will have three children in her lifetime; it's 1.8 for non-Hispanic whites -- the number means Hispanics will make up an increasing share of the citizenry.
[...]
45 percent of children under age 5 are from a racial or ethnic minority.
About a third of Hispanics were younger than 18, compared with a fourth of the population in general.
The median age for Hispanics -- the point at which half are older and half are younger -- was 27.2 years in 2005. It was 30.0 years for blacks and 40.3 years for white non-Hispanics.
Yes, CNN really used the little professor guy to make its bullet points. No, really.