Census tracks 20 years of sweeping change
BY HAYA EL NASSER AND PAUL OVERBERG, USA TODAY
2010 photo by Mayra Beltran, APNew Census data show major cultural, social and demographic changes in the last 20 years, including significant growth in America's Hispanic population.
The USA is bigger, older, more Hispanic and Asian and less wedded to marriage and traditional families than it was in 1990. It also is less enamored of kids, more embracing of several generations living under one roof, more inclusive of same-sex couples, more cognizant of multiracial identities, more suburban, less rural and leaning more to the South and West.
Results of the 2010 Census have been pouring out all year, an avalanche of statistics detailing the population characteristics of states, counties and cities. But the Census represents more than just a current snapshot.
The end of the first decade of the 21st century marks a turning point in the nation's social, cultural, geographic, racial and ethnic fabric. It's a shift so profound that it reveals an America that seemed unlikely a mere 20 years ago — one that will influence the nation for years to come in everything from who is elected to run the country, states and cities to what type of houses will be built and where.
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The metamorphosis over just two decades stuns even demographers and social observers.
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.Lee ADDS: Maybe this explains the comment received stating, "If you don't take our side I will bury you alive," sent by an Illegal Alien!
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