The government agency that counts Americans says all race and ethnic groups grew in the year following July 1, 2015, including a 2 percent jump among non-white Hispanics and a 3 percent increase each among Asians and people of multiple races. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Asian population recently grew by 3 percent to 21.4 million and people who identified as being of two or more races grew by 3 percent to 8.5 million.
President Donald Trump's core support in the 2016 election came from white voters, whose turnout increased compared to previous polls.
Geographically, the new census data shows the majority of Asians and Hispanics reside in states in the U.S. West.
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The Capital Region reflects the national trend as its population grows more diverse and older, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.
That is a costly leap for taxpayers as those residents move to Medicare, government health care for seniors and youngsters with disabilities. By 2027, it will cost $1 out of every $6 of federal money spent. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, net Medicare spending is expected to almost double over the next decade, from $592 billion to $1.2 trillion. The median age rose from 35.3 years in April 2000 to 37.9 years in July 2016.
In total, the white population grew by 0.5 percent to remain the largest racial group in America, with 256 million people.
Pennsylvania is one of seven states that lost population between 2015 and 2016, the Census Bureau reported.
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That means more demand on taxpayers for schools and bilingual education. Robert Hull, executive vice president of the National Association of State Boards of Education, said a majority of students in the USA are not white, but that 82 percent of teachers are white.
The nation's median age is 37.9 years as of July 1, 2016, compared to 35.3 years in 2000, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
The state's Hispanic population, including all races, also has gained ground, from an estimated 483,000 to 562,000 over the same period, growing from 13.4 to about 15.7 percent of the population, while the non-Hispanic population dropped from 3.1 million to 3.01 million.
The census reports that across all races and ethnic groups, the non-Hispanic white population grew the slowest.
Non-Hispanic whites remain the only segment of the US population where deaths outpace births, the agency reports.
Monica Gomez Isaac, executive director of the Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University, said the increase in the Hispanic and Asian populations can be attributed to higher birth rates - and "that's projected to grow". Between 2010 and 2016, the number of whites fell by 2.7 percent in Albany County; by 2.1 percent in Rensselaer County and by 4.3 percent in Schenectady County. The African American population jumped 1.2 per cent, to 46.8 million, and the Hispanic population expanded by 2 percent, to 57.5 million.
The biggest growth was seen in the Asian population.
Of Polk County's 474,045 people, 406,412 identified as white, 32,261 black, 1,920 American Indian or Alaska native, and 373 native Hawaiian or other Pacific islander.
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