{"id":40241,"date":"2015-03-03T20:04:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T20:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=40241"},"modified":"2015-03-04T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T14:24:32","slug":"projections-of-the-size-and-composition-of-the-u-s-population-2014-to-2060-population-estimates-and-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=40241","title":{"rendered":"Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060: Population Estimates and Projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2015\/demo\/p25-1143.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060: Population Estimates and Projections<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\" target=\"_blank\">United States Census Bureau<\/a><br \/>\nMarch 2015<br \/>\nP25-1143<br \/>\n13 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandra L. Colby<\/strong> and <strong>Jennifer M. Ortman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2015\/demo\/p25-1143.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/newsroom\/releases\/2015\/cb15-tps16_graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Between 2014 and 2060, the U.S. population is projected\u00a0to increase from 319 million to 417 million,\u00a0reaching 400 million in 2051. The U.S. population is\u00a0projected to grow more slowly in future decades than\u00a0in the recent past, as these projections assume that\u00a0fertility rates will continue to decline and that there will\u00a0be a modest decline in the overall rate of net international\u00a0migration. By 2030, one in five Americans is\u00a0projected to be 65 and over; by 2044, more than half\u00a0of all Americans are projected to belong to a minority\u00a0group (any group other than non-Hispanic White alone);\u00a0and by 2060, nearly one in five of the nation\u2019s total\u00a0population is projected to be foreign born.<\/p>\n<p>This report summarizes results from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/population\/projections\/data\/national\/2014.html\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Census\u00a0Bureau\u2019s 2014 National Projections<\/a>, with a focus on\u00a0changes in the age structure and shifts in the racial and\u00a0ethnic composition of the population\u2014both the total\u00a0population as well as the native and foreign born&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;The Two or More Races population\u00a0is projected to be the fastest\u00a0growing over the next 46 years\u00a0(see Table 2), with its population\u00a0expected to triple in size (an\u00a0increase of 226 percent). This\u00a0group is projected to increase from\u00a08 million to 26 million between\u00a02014 and 2060. Its share of the\u00a0total population is projected to\u00a0increase from 2.5 percent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2015\/demo\/p25-1143.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/USCensusTable2Population2014_2060.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the entire report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2015\/demo\/p25-1143.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060: Population Estimates and Projections United States Census Bureau March 2015 P25-1143 13 pages Sandra L. Colby and Jennifer M. Ortman INTRODUCTION Between 2014 and 2060, the U.S. population is projected\u00a0to increase from 319 million to 417 million,\u00a0reaching 400 million in 2051. 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