ATLANTA (Reuters) - The number of people in the United States from ethnic or racial minorities has risen to more than 100 million, or around one third of the population, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report on Thursday.
The minorities figure stood at 100.7 million, up from 98.3 million a year earlier. Within that, the Hispanic population was the fastest growing at a rate of 3.4 percent between July 2005 and July 2006.
Hispanics were also the largest minority group, accounting for 44.3 million people on July 1, 2006, or 14.8 percent of the overall U.S. population which, according to census data released in October 2006, stood at more than 300 million.
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“About one in three U.S. residents is a minority,” said Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon.
“There are more minorities in this country today than there were people in the United States in 1910. In fact, the minority population in the U.S. is larger than the total population of all but 11 countries (on the planet).”
The black population grew 1.3 percent in the year from July 2005 and reached 40.2 million in 2006, the census said, while the number of native Hawaiians and members of other Pacific islander groups reached 1 million.
Asians were the second fastest-growing minority group at a rate of 3.2 percent, with their numbers standing at 14.9 million.
The population of non-Hispanic whites who indicated no other race grew 0.3 percent during the one-year period. (more…)
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I like you comments and opinions but this is untrue. America is a very racist country but America in it wildest dreams could not be as racist as some other countries out there, not even close. This is no exaggeration, I don’t know what countries you have traveled to but place I have been include Russia and China, I speak both Russian and Chinese, my Russian is ok but my Chinese is perfect, both of these countries make America look like the most accepting nation in the world. Trust me, I hear them when they don’t think I can hear and I would say on an average day walking down the street 95 percent of the Chinese have some negative about me being black (I’m black by the way) as far as Russia the number of Russian resturaunts I have not been able to get into and the number of people who have tried to fight me for no reason together is easily in the triple digits, no exaggeration! America is far from perfect but if you go to some of these other place you will miss home. I’m not going against what your saying but maybe you shouldn’t say the most racist country on the planet.
Andre,
You and I both agree on this issue (notice I put the word “racist” in quotes). This is what many people believe, but I am not one of them. The accounts I hear from many friends who have been to Asian countries (for example)as it relates to racism towards Blacks are far worse than the accounts here in the US. Like you said, the US is far from perfect, but we are a lot closer to it than most in this department.
How long did it take for you to learn Chinese and what in your opinion is the best way to learn it? I am asking this because it might be a necessity for me to learn it for business purposes (I don’t like hearing business being conducted in Chinese/Korean while I am in the room).
Your right about Amerika Andre, but Asia and Russia are racist openly.. and Amerika is just being sneaky , and i’m not talking about the people at the bottom, i’m talking about the people at the top!
I think USA is probably way over the top of the racist category but I don’t like the fact you are posting this crap. I got to admit, I like this website! The least racist country I’ve probably ever traveled to was Australia!
Heck, I wouldn’t generalise ALL Asian countries as racist. (That’s being racist itself.)
I have not met a racist Asian. Most Asians I met are intelligent.
Miguel said “I have not met a racist Asian.” Wow. The only things I can think is, or (1) you have never met an Asian, (2) you don’t speak their languages so you don’t know what they are saying. I happen to know many (East) Asians (i.e. Japanese, Koreans, Chinese). I have also been to Japan where my girlfriend and I were turned away from entering a restaurant where other people were eating and there were many open tables. East Asians, ON AVERAGE, are some of the most prejudiced against black people (I don’t know how they feel about others) folks on the planet.
OK, first i am a black man. The least racist nation that i have been to is Isreal, the second least is France, and the third least is Bosnia (Sarajevo.) The most racist was Crotia, and Italy.
P.S.
Most Asians that i have met have been racist. I strike that up to penis envy, however.
The Japanese are probably the most racist people on the planet.The Japanese are so racist that they pressure Korean and Chinese immigrants to change their names to sound more Japanese.Moreover if you ever watch anime you will notice that racist caricatures such as the nappy haired,coal black,big lipped black person are still common place.It’s funny how the Japanese never draw themselves as short with slanted eyes.I guess only sterotypes about other people are true.
You don’t know anything my friend.
In Denmark (Europe), danes call black people for “Sambo” or “Negere” (niggers).
In school books they call the black people for “negere” - that means niggers.
Chocolad balls field with white schoom they call for negerkys (nigger’s kiss).
Once, some years ago, an african politician (who was in official visit in Denmark, got broken his nose by danish policeman, who explanes afterwords that it was mistake and that he believed that african politician was a crack dealer…
Danes hates everyone excepts them selfs …
Seek people completely.
Stay away from Denmark if you still want to be happy and live normal life with a friends and family.
Better poor but happy than to have flat and car but veeeeeeery unhappy.