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IANS | 22 Jun, 2017
The American population is growing older and more diverse than ever before, a new census report has revealed.
The
nation's median age is 37.9 years old, more than two years more than
the median age in 2000, according to the new Census Bureau report
released on Wednesday night.
The number of Americans over 65
years old has jumped from 35 million at the turn of the century to 49.2
million, reports The Hill magazine.
Whites continue to be the biggest racial group in America, accounting for 256 million people in 2016.
But
their population grew by only 0.5 per cent, fuelled largely by
immigration; non-Hispanic whites experienced a natural decrease of
163,000, meaning more whites died than were born last year.
The
Asian American population grew by 3 per cent, to 21.4 million last year.
The African American population jumped 1.2 per cent, to 46.8 million,
and the Hispanic population expanded by 2 percent, to 57.5 million.
That
graying of America comes as the Baby Boom generation born between 1946
and 1964 edges toward retirement, according to the report.
At
the same time, younger Americans are going through what some
demographers call a baby bust, either choosing not to have children or
delaying the decision to get pregnant.
The number of annual
births has fallen steadily since 2007, when it hit a record high of 4.3
million, according to Cheryl Russell, a demographer and editor in chief
of New Strategist Press.
In 2015, 3,978,000 babies were born,
the National Centre for Health Statistics reported, ten thousand fewer
than the year before.
Pennsylvania is one of seven states that lost population between 2015 and 2016, the Census Bureau reported.
Illinois
lost more residents than any other state (37,500) while Connecticut,
Mississippi, New York, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming all bled
population, The Hill magazine quoted the report as saging.
Texas led the nation in population growth, adding nearly 433,000 new residents in the past year.
Florida
added 367,000 residents, while California tacked on more than a quarter
million. Last year, Florida surpassed New York to become the nation's
third-largest state.
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