Census Means Tracking the Trends: The Changing Marketplace Our Most Current Data on American Life.

Census Means Tracking the Trends:

The Changing Marketplace

Our Most Current Data on American Life

I. The Emerging Multicultural Mainstream

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The Growth of the Foreign-Born Population

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2.2 4.1 5.6 6.7 9.2 10.3 13.5 13.9 14.2 11.6 10.3 9.7 9.6 14.1 19.8 31.1 38.5

9.7

13.214.4

13.3

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1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2009

Foreign-born population (in millions) Percent of total population

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U.S. percent: 6.2

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U.S. percent: 7.9

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U.S. percent: 11.1

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U.S. percent: 12.5

Foreign-Born Population by Country of Birth: 2009Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey.

15.0

0.8

0.8

0.8

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.7

1.7

2.0

11.5

All other countries

Dominican Republic

Guatemala

Canada

Cuba

Korea

Vietnam

El Salvador

India

Philippines

China

Mexico

As a percent of the total foreign-born

population:

29.8

5.2

4.5

4.3

3.0

3.0

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2.6

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Numbers in millions

With 11.5 million, the foreign born from Mexico represent the largest country-of-birth group, accounting for 30 percent of the total foreign-born population

Hispanics in the United States: 1970 to 2050

9.6 14.622.4

35.3

50.5

66.4

85.9

108.2

132.8

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020* 2030* 2040* 2050*

Census Projections*Projected Population as of July 1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010 Decennial Censuses; 2008 National Population Projections

Population in millions

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Number PercentAll Asian 13,343,867 100.0

Chinese 3,204,379 24.0Asian Indian 2,602,676 19.5Filipino 2,475,794 18.6Vietnamese 1,481,513 11.1Korean 1,335,973 10.0Japanese 766,875 5.7Pakistani 333,064 2.5Cambodian 241,520 1.8Hmong 226,522 1.7Laotian 199,433 1.5Thai 165,371 1.2Other Specified Asian 109,390 0.8Bangladeshi 102,983 0.8Taiwanese 98,374 0.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, 2009

Asian Subgroups, Number and Percent of Total Asian Population, 2009

Age, Nativity, and Hispanic Origin of the Population: 2009

Total Population Hispanic Asian

Estimate Percent Estimate Percent Estimate Percent

Under 18 years: 74,496,983 100.0 16,702,619 100.0 3,101,543 100.0

Native 71,734,912 96.3 15,325,625 91.8 2,459,710 79.3

Foreign born 2,762,071 3.7 1,376,994 8.2 641,833 20.7

Naturalized U.S. citizen 580,142 21.0 146,678 10.7 220,952 34.4

Not a U.S. citizen 2,181,929 79.0 1,230,316 89.3 420,881 65.6

18 years and over: 232,509,573 100.0 31,654,141 100.0 10,673,068 100.0

Native 196,754,410 84.6 14,968,381 47.3 2,118,587 19.8

Foreign born 35,755,163 15.4 16,685,760 52.7 8,554,481 80.2

Naturalized U.S. citizen 16,266,255 45.5 5,133,211 30.8 5,084,025 59.4

Not a U.S. citizen 19,488,908 54.5 11,552,549 69.2 3,470,456 40.6

Source: ACS 2009

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The vast majority of U.S. Hispanics and Asians under 18 are native born.

II. Changing American Households and Neighborhoods

Total Population

Speak English

"very well"

Speak English less than

"very well"Population 5 years and over 285,797,349 91.4 8.6 Speak only English 80.0 (X) (X) Spanish or Spanish Creole 12.4 54.3 45.7

Speak Spanish or Spanish Creole 35,468,501 54.3 45.7 5-17 years 8,066,671 76.0 24.0 18-64 years 24,869,805 49.1 50.9 65 years and over 2,532,025 36.1 63.9

Asian and Pacific Island languages 8,698,825 51.8 48.2 5-17 years 1,241,621 73.6 26.4 18-64 years 6,431,443 51.5 48.5 65 years and over 1,025,761 27.1 72.9

Source: 2009 American Community Survey 1-year Estimates

Language Spoken in the United States: 2009

About three quarters of children growing up in households where Spanish or an Asian language is spoken are bilingual

Source: 2010 Census

Three or more racesAIAN; NHPIBlack; NHPIAIAN; Asian

NHPI; SORAIAN; SOR

Asian; NHPIWhite; NHPIBlack; Asian

Asian; SORBlack; AIANBlack; SOR

White; AIANWhite; Asian

White; SORWhite; Black

8.3%0.1%

0.6%0.7%0.7%

1.3%1.8%1.9%2.1%

2.6%3.0%

3.5%15.9%

18.0%19.3%

20.4%

Percent Distribution of People Who ReportedMore Than One Race: 2010

Note: The acronym SOR refers to Some Other Race; AIAN refers to American Indian and Alaska Native; and

NHPI refers to Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander.

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1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 20100

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Percent of Men and Women Age 25 to 34 With Bachelor's or Higher Education, 1940-2010

MenWomen

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

Perc

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Married-Couple Families with Wife's Earnings Greater Than Husband's: 1989 to 2009

(Census Bureau: Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement)

III. The Aging Population

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