The US , Grew More Diverse , Over the Past Decade.<br />2020 U.S. Census data reveals the most <br />diverse population in the history of the country.<br />The Asian population in the <br />U.S. increased by 35 percent during <br />the ten years between the censuses.<br />The Hispanic population <br />grew by 23 percent <br />during the same period.<br />Overall, the number of people who identify as <br />multi-racial increased by a striking 276 percent...<br />... from nine million to 33.8 million.<br />[The U.S. is] much more multiracial and much more racially and ethnically diverse than what we measured in <br />the past, Nicholas Jones, Census Bureau’s Population Division, via 'The Washington Post'.<br />For the first time since 1790, the census reported a shrink in the number of people who only identify as white...<br />... from 223.6 million ten years ago, <br />to 204.3 million in 2020.<br />The percentage of white <br />people fell from 63.7% to 57.8%. .<br />Twenty years ago if you told people this was going to be the case, they wouldn’t have believed you, Nicholas Jones, Census Bureau’s Population Division, via 'The Washington Post'.<br />The country is changing dramatically, Nicholas Jones, Census Bureau’s Population Division, via 'The Washington Post'.<br />Researchers with the Brookings Institute <br />say that declining birthrates and the <br />opioid epidemic likely factor into the shift.<br />The overall growth of population in the U.S. <br />during the 10 years between the census was <br />7.4 percent, the lowest since the 1930s
