America's changing identity身份

The US census bureau人口普查局 recorded that just over two million babies were born to ethnic民族 and racial種族 minorities少數 in the year to July 2011, making up just over half of new arrivals. In 1990, just 37% of births were from racial minorities. It means for the first time non-Hispanic西班牙裔 white babies being born in the US are in the minority.

Analysts have pointed to several factors which could account for the shift轉移, 改變. The overall birth-rate in the US is declining下降, but that drop下降 is steepest陡的 among其中 white people, thought to be the fault of the weaker economy. The economic slow-down could also account for fewer Hispanics entering the United States from abroad.

Sociologists have suggested the data is evidence of a sweeping change巨大改變 underway正在進行 in the racial make-up種族構成 of the United States. The older generation is dominated by white people, but the younger demographic is increasingly日益 diverse多樣的. Racial minorities make up just over a third of America's population. Trends such as the one identified here suggest that is likely to change over time.

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