The U.S. Latino population, now about 1 in 5 Americans, is projected to continue increasing through the year 2060, when over 1 in 4 Americans are likely to be Latino, according to U.S. Census Bureau projections released Thursday.

Hispanics are now 19.1% of the U.S. population but are projected to make up 26.9% of the population in less than four decades. Meanwhile, the non-Hispanic white population is projected to continue to decline from 58.9% now to 44.9% by 2060.

Overall, the U.S. population is projected to continue to grow from 333 million today to a high of nearly 370 million in 2080, but then dip downward to 366 million in the year 2100.

  • @Burn_The_Right
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    1 year ago

    …1 in 4 Americans will be Latino by 2060…

    I thought I was feeling more Latino these days. Good to finally hear some confirmation.

    • FartsWithAnAccent
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      141 year ago

      This must explain my insatiable lust for burritos and salsa.

    • jrbaconcheese
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      81 year ago

      I am learning Spanish on Duolingo so maybe in 40 years I’ll know enough to count as Latino too!

    • @Fredselfish
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      41 year ago

      Explains why the maga fucks and the gop are freaking out about the border…

  • @edgemaster72
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    261 year ago

    But will we have taco trucks on every corner then? I was promised taco trucks on every corner.

    • @cybervseas
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      Trump won in 2016 so he prevented the taco trucks from spreading.

      And in the end we all lost.

  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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    161 year ago

    Every year more and more people I knew as kids become Latino. Seems like just yesterday they were dating Becky and unable to dance.

  • @dangblingus
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    Not unless society doesn’t collapse by 2040

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    Personally, I am a little behind plan, but I think I can still be latino by 2030 if I put my mind to it

  • @Eheran
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    41 year ago

    a high of nearly 370 million in 2080, but then dip downward to 366 million in the year 2100.

    Sure sure, predict the taste of change of the population in 80 years. About as nonsensical as people from 1940 predicting today.

    • @Kbobabob
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      people from 1940 predicting today.

      What predictions are you talking about?

      • @Eheran
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        I compare their absurd prediction with a hypothetical prediction from the 1940s. I am sure there are real ones too. And sure enough, there are. Predictions from up to 1980 are far from the current population. That are just 40 years, not 80, but they are wrong by about 2 billion or 25 %. And the world did not change massively since 1980.