US population may grow to over 400 million in 2050

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US population may grow to over 400 million in 2050

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The US population would increase by 48.8 percent from 282.1 million in 2000 to 419.9 million in 2050, with non-Hispanic Whites possibly dropping to half of the total population, the US Census Bureau announced on Thursday.

The non-Hispanic, white population in the country would increase from 195.7 million to 210.3 million, an increase of 7 percent, but its share in the total population would decrease to just 50.1 percent in 2050 from 69.4 percent in 2000.

Meanwhile, the nation's Hispanic and Asian populations would triple over the next half century, interim population projections released by the bureau showed.

The number of people of Hispanic origin would grow from 35.6 million to 102.6 million during the period, an increase of 188 percent, doubling their share of the country' population from 12.6percent to 24.4 percent.

The Asian population is projected to grow 213 percent, from 10.7 million to 33.4 million, and their share of the population woulddouble from 3.8 percent to 8 percent.

The black population is projected to rise by 71 percent from 35.8 million in 2000 to 61.4 million in 2050, raising their share of the population from 12.7 percent to 14.6 percent.

The female population is projected to continue to outnumber themale population, going from a numerical difference of 5.3 million in 2000 to 6.9 million in 2050, and the country's total populationis expected to become older, with childbearing rates expected to remain low.

The projections for the resident population of the United States are based on Census 2000 results and assumptions about future childbearing, mortality and international migration, the Census Bureau said.

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