Moreso than ever, US becoming a nation of immigrants
438 million in 2050!!!
In 2020, 1 in 7 People in U.S. May Be Foreign-Born NYTimes By SAM ROBERTS Published: February 11, 2008 If present trends continue, within two decades the proportion of immigrants in the United States will surpass the peak reached more than a century ago, a new analysis concludes. The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan research group, estimates that sometime between 2020 and 2025, the foreign-born will account for 15 percent of the American population, or more than 1 in 7 residents. They represented about 12 percent of the population in 2005, 14.7 percent in 1910 and about 15 percent in the late 19th century. Trends farther ahead are typically harder to predict. Still, the Pew Center projects that in 2050, 19 percent of Americans will be foreign-born; that the share of Hispanic residents will more than double to 29 percent from 14 percent in 2005; and that the proportion of Asians will almost double, from 5 percent to 9 percent. The center estimates that the total population will grow to 438 million in 2050, with immigrants accounting for 82 percent, or 117 million, of the increase. But because births in the United States to Hispanic and Asian immigrant parents will play a progressively greater role in population growth, according to the analysis, by 2050 a smaller proportion of both groups will be foreign born in than is the case today. The native-born Hispanic population, already about 60 percent of all Hispanic residents, would rise to 67 percent in 2050. In 2005, about 58 percent of Asians were foreign born, but by 2050, only 47 percent would be. The analysis, by Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn, projects a higher rate of immigration than a number of federal agencies do. But it concludes, as the federal agencies have, that the share of blacks in the population will remain roughly steady — about 13 percent in 2050, compared with 12 percent in 2005 — while the proportion of non-Hispanic whites will shrink below half the population, to 47 percent. Because the vast wave of baby boomers will be joining the ranks of the elderly, the number of young and elderly compared to the number of working people — the so-called dependency ratio — would rise to 72 per 100 in 2050, compared with 59 per 100 in 2005. The ratio would be even higher in the future, according to the projections, if the rate of immigration slows. The authors caution that their projections are subject to changes in behavior, legislation and other events, but that they “offer a starting point for understanding and analyzing the parameters of future demographic change.” |
Good Lord.
I wonder how many will be Chinese or Hispanic? |
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god forbid the USA becomes a country of immigrants.... i mean where did all these white people come from???? i tell you if we dont stop these boats these white people will just keep coming and coming and coming from europe. and where would all the NATIVE americans and latins go??? you know the people that this land belong to before the white man came..... AND SLAUTERED!!!
and for the record i'm not racist and i am married to a white man!!! just cant stand the typical white american thinking this is their land and it never was... |
I think that having immigrants is a good sign that the nation is doing well. If it werent than people wouldnt want to come. Just look at Dubai, its immigrant population accounts for 90% or more of the entire population and thats because the city is progressing so much. All great empires and nations have either attracted immigrants or themselves conquered people to be part of the population. I couldnt (or wouldnt want to) imagine a United States without people wanting to come here. When that day comes, you can be sure that we wont be the most powerful nation on earth.:notacrook:
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In fact, there were as many as 33 million Native Americans ALREADY taking residence in North America before the settlers from Europe arrived. |
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Currently, there are nearly 2,786,652 living here. But those Census numbers are from 2003; so it may have topped 3,000,000 already.
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Those markets WILL continue to double and double and double until they're ratio of poverty and and middle-class is on par with America. With a larger population (especially foreign-born), it's true that there will be short-term contraction in the economy, however the potential size and influence will be enormous. |
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What do you blame NAFTA for?
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What it truly comes down to is that the Mexican government is as corrupted as a Trojan-controlled computer. It has taken WAAYY to long for that country to industrialize for them to have a legitimate reason not to prevent non-legal migrations to the U.S.
Hence they're government isn't (and quite frankly, I'm starting to get the feeling that they don't want to) going deal with poverty. I've been there, and it's pretty bad in the slums; which in turn forces illegal immigrants to cross the border. The conflict in Central and South America with Columbia is not helping at all, either. Also, that anti-american Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is starting PISS ME OFF! His childish rhetoric is costing the American taxpayer greatly, as crude oil today closed at $104 a barrel! |
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Read the "Chavez warns war with Columbia" thread....you will find my true feelings when it comes to this man and his insane policies.:tup: |
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