Asians are fastest-growing racial group in US, whites the slowest, and China the biggest source of immigrants
Asians remain the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, according to new information from the Census Bureau.
The nation’s Asian population grew at 3.4 per cent between July 2014 and 2015, with migration responsible for the majority of the growth, government officials said Thursday. There are now 21 million Asians in the United States, with Hawaii as the nation’s only majority Asian state.
Sam Garrow, a Census Department demographer, said Asians have been the fastest-growing race group since about 2000, and the main driving force is international migration. In 2013, China replaced Mexico as the top-sending country for immigrants to the United States, officials said.
Other minority groups grew as well. The Hispanic population grew by 2.2 per cent to 56.6 million, and New Mexico had the largest percentage of Hispanics in the country at 48 per cent. The African-American population grew by 1.3 per cent to 46.3 million, with Mississippi holding the nation’s largest percentage at 38.3 per cent. And the American Indian and Alaska native population grew 1.5 per cent to a total of 6.6 million, with Alaska having the largest proportion at 19.5 per cent.
California is the state with the greatest number of Hispanics, whites, Asians and American Indians. New York state has more blacks than any other state.
