REALITY VS. PERCEPTION: THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF AMERICA AND THE RESPONSE TO IT

Panelists:

Karen Menendez Coller, Director, Centro Hispano of Dane County

Kathleen Culver, Director, Center for Journalism Ethics

Gail Groy, Partner, Axley law firm

Sarah Kemp, Researcher, Applied Population Laboratory

Benjamin Marquez, Professor, Department of Political Science

Non-Hispanic White Deaths Surpass Births in the U.S.

White Deaths Exceed Births in a Majority of U.S. States by Rogelio Sáenz and APL affiliate Kenneth Johnson

Non-Hispanic White Deaths Exceed BirthsStates in blue had more whites dying than being born in 2016

White Deaths Exceed Births in a Majority of U.S. States by Rogelio Sáenz and APL affiliate Kenneth Johnson

Birth to Death Ratio by Race and Ethnic Origin, 2000 to 2016

White Deaths Exceed Births in a Majority of U.S. States by Rogelio Sáenz and APL affiliate Kenneth Johnson

Net Migration in the United States

Source: https://netmigration.wisc.edu/

How is the Question of Race and Ethnicity Asked

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/interactives/multiracial-timeline/

Where You Live in the United States

79

68

44

8

14

27

8

11

17

4

3

3

1

4

9

Rural

Suburban

Urban

Non-Hispanic White Latino Black All Others Asian

Source: 2012-16 American Community Survey

Percent of population

Racial and Ethnic Composition of Children Under Age 18

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 National Population Projections

51

36.5

25

32

15 16

7

13

58

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2016 2060

Perc

ent

Non-Hispanic White Latino Black All Others Asian