Ethnic and racial diversity varies across countries. At one
extreme is Japan, where almost everyone is Japanese; at the other is the United States, where nearly
25 million people—more than 9 percent of the population—were born in another country. As of the
2000 census, the U.S. population was 72 percent White, 13 percent African American, and 11 percent
Hispanic. The Hispanic population has been growing fast and is expected to make up 18.9 percent of
the population by 2020; its largest subgroups are of Mexican (5.4 percent), Puerto Rican (1.1 percent),
and Cuban (0.4 percent) descent. Asian Americans constituted 3.8 percent of the U.S. population;
Chinese are the largest group, followed by Filipinos, Japanese,Asian Indians, and Koreans, in that order.
The growth of the Hispanic population represents a major shift in the nation’s center of gravity.
Hispanics made up half of all new workers in the past decade and will account for 25 percent of
Ethnic and racial diversity varies across countries. At one
extreme is Japan, where almost everyone is Japanese; at the other is the United States, where nearly
25 million people—more than 9 percent of the population—were born in another country. As of the
2000 census, the U.S. population was 72 percent White, 13 percent African American, and 11 percent
Hispanic. The Hispanic population has been growing fast and is expected to make up 18.9 percent of
the population by 2020; its largest subgroups are of Mexican (5.4 percent), Puerto Rican (1.1 percent),
and Cuban (0.4 percent) descent. Asian Americans constituted 3.8 percent of the U.S. population;
Chinese are the largest group, followed by Filipinos, Japanese,Asian Indians, and Koreans, in that order.
The growth of the Hispanic population represents a major shift in the nation’s center of gravity.
Hispanics made up half of all new workers in the past decade and will account for 25 percent of
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