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struggle4progress

(118,274 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:17 PM Jun 2016

Young Texans Make Up Most Diverse Generation

By ALEXA URA & LINDSAY CARBONELL
TEXAS TRIBUNE • 6 HOURS AGO

... Almost 68 percent of Texans aged 19 and younger are non-white. That's a reversal of the racial breakdown among Texans 65 and older, almost two-thirds of whom are white while only about 36 percent are people of color.

Both of those breakdowns stand in contrast to the state’s overall share of Texans — 57 percent — that are non-white.

The new figures, particularly the diversity among young Texans, fuel predictions that Texas may be the next state where Hispanics become a plurality, comprising the largest racial or ethnic group though not a majority. If that happens, Texas would join New Mexico and California.

As of July 2015, Hispanics made up 38.8 percent of the state's population while white residents made up 43 percent ...


http://keranews.org/post/young-texans-make-most-diverse-generation

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Young Texans Make Up Most Diverse Generation (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2016 OP
They're our best hope for turning Texas blue. Aristus Jun 2016 #1
I so hope BigMin28 Jun 2016 #2
Welcome to DU. Aristus Jun 2016 #3
Thanks BigMin28 Jun 2016 #4
The ONLY good news about Texas: marble falls Jun 2016 #5

Aristus

(66,316 posts)
3. Welcome to DU.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 07:09 PM
Jun 2016

I'm San Antonio, born-and-raised.

I'm a die-hard Washingtonian now. But I'd love to see Texas live up to our progressive ideals...

marble falls

(57,073 posts)
5. The ONLY good news about Texas:
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 08:22 AM
Jun 2016

I was in the Temple VA two weeks ago and the diversity and causal interactions among the most diverse population I've ever seen really helped to lift my spirits. There is hope for a post racist US and it seems to be coming around in places one might not expect it.

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