Census: Hispanics Now Likely Largest Demo In Texas

The Texas Tribune reports:

The new population figures, derived from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, showed Hispanic Texans made up 40.2% of the state’s population in 2021 while non-Hispanic white Texans made up 39.4%. The estimates — based on comprehensive data collected over the 2021 calendar year — are not considered official.

The bureau’s official population estimates as of July 2021 showed the Hispanic and non-Hispanic white populations virtually even in size. But in designating Hispanics as the state’s largest population group, the new estimates are the first to reflect the foreseeable culmination of decades of demographic shifts steadily transforming the state.

Hispanic Texans are expected to make up a flat-out majority of the state’s population in the decades to come, but they are already on the precipice of a majority among children. The latest census estimates showed that 49.3% of Texans under the age of 18 are Hispanic.

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Last year Census Bureau data showed Hispanics to be the largest “racial or ethnic group” in California at 39.4%.

The 2020 Census data also showed New Mexico on the verge of an outright Hispanic majority at 49.7%.

For years, the state’s Hispanic population has grown significantly faster than the white population. The new census data is the first to reflect Texas passing a milestone in its cultural and political evolution. https://t.co/N5Eer81dUJ

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