Woven throughout these numbers, for the few who care to drill down on their political analysis, are implicitly many of the reasons for the stunning level of support for Presidential candidate Trump. The affluent liberal media and think tank elites of both coasts seem to have completely missed the multiple emotional connections, the angst that is evident in the America they simply fly over.
Median Age: Hispanic, 28 … Black, 33 … Asian, 36 … White 43. For Hispanics born in the USA, median age is 19, slightly less than half of the foreign-born median of 41 (Pew Hispanic Research). The big growth rate for whites is in those over 65 years of age. Of Hispanics under 18, over two-thirds are Mexican. By 2055, Asian immigration will exceed that of Hispanics, who at present are 70% of illegal immigrants. Millennials and younger among Hispanics are 58% of that population, versus 39% for the white population.
2065E Population: White, 46% … Hispanic, 24% … Asian, 14% … Black, 13%. For approximately every two-parent household, there will be a single-parent household.
2050E Population: 58% workers, 23% kids, 19% elderly. In 2005, the numbers were 63%, 25%, and 12%.
Kindergartners: 53% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 9% Other.
Mothers: 54% have a college degree, up from 41% in 1990. The median age for first marriage is 26 (women) and 28 (men), five years later than a generation earlier. The pursuit of higher education and greater opportunities in the workplace are the driving factors for delayed marriages (and motherhood).
Teenage Birth Rate: In 1991, the rate was 61.8 per 1,000 female teenagers; by 2014, the rate had dropped to 24.2 per 1,000. In New Jersey, the recent white rate was 4.8; the black rate, 27.4, and the Hispanic rate, 31.3.
Life Expectancy for the demographic with the greatest longevity: non-Hispanic white women, 81.1 years; non-Hispanic white men, 76.5, both of which declined slightly in 2014. In 1960, the overall expectancy was 69.7, and it rose consistently for fifty years, so any reversal is of interest. Black life expectancy is 75.6 years, compared with 79.0 years for whites; this gap (Pew) is the “smallest in history.” Fewer suicides and homicides, plus reduced fatality rates from cancer and AIDS, are cited as the reasons for the improvement.
Suicide Rates: In the 21st century, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, every age group except those 75 or older (who already had the highest rate) has demonstrated an increased desire to end their life prematurely. This is true of both men and women, albeit the latter is from a much smaller base than that of men.
Religion: Within fifty years, Christians and Muslims will each have about 30% of worldwide population, reflecting significant growth in the ranks of Muslims.
Income: Both high and low sectors are growing; the middle class, historically the engine behind growth in living standards for Americans, will continue to decline.
Excellent analysis. Interesting data and trends.