“Minorities, now roughly one-third of the U.S. population, are expected to become the majority in 2042″, says the U.S. Census Bureau in a report issued in August, 2008.

If you look at only children, more than 50% of children of the children in the USA will be minorities by the year 2023, and 62% of the nation’s children will be minorities by the year 2050.

By the year 2050, the single-race whites (non-Hispanic) will number 203.3 million.
By the year 2050, the minority population will number 235.7 million.

The non-Hispanic, single-race white population is expected to drop from 66% in 2008 to 46% by the year 2050.

The Hispanic population’s share of the total U.S. population is expected to double from 15% to 30% (132.8 million) by 2050. About 1 in 3 U.S. residents would be Hispanic.

The black population is expected to increase to 65.7 million in 2050 (about 15% of U.S. total population).
The Asian population is expected to increase to 40.6 million in 2050 (about 9% of U.S. total population).

The number of people over the age of 65 is expected to be 88.5 million in 2050 (currently 38.7 million).

The number of people over the age of 85 is expected to be 19 million in 2050 (currently 5.4 million).