Asians and Hispanics showed the largest population growth over the past decade, according to the 2010 U.S Census Bureau.
Over the past week, the Pew Hispanic Center and the National Council of La Raza have highlighted how Latinos and Hispanics have grown to represent a little over 16 percent (about 50 million people) of the total U.S. population.
The census (.pdf) also indicates that “the Asian alone population experienced the fastest rate of growth and the White alone population experienced the slowest rate of growth, with the other major race groups’ growth spanning the range in between.”
The Asian population increased by 43 percent, growing from 10.2 million in 2000 to 14.7 million in 2010. The census adds:
Of the 27.3 million people added to the total population of the United States between 2000 and 2010, the White alone population made up just under half of the growth—increasing 12.1 million.
According to the Immigration Policy Center:
This does not bode well for the anti-immigrant ideology of nativist politicians and their followers. Immigrants account for more than one-third of Hispanics and nearly two-thirds of Asians. Plus, more than one-quarter of both Hispanics and Asians are the native-born children of immigrants. As Hispanics and Asians come to comprise more and more of the population—and the electorate—nativists will become ever more marginalized.
