The BBC News is running a story as the US population reaches 300 million. With the recent announcement of a fence to be built between US and Mexico, I figured it was only fair to reiterate some of the statistics around migration:
- Hispanic population: 4% in 1966, 14% today, 25% in 2050 (projected)
- Over the next 50 years there will be more Hispanic births than immigrants
- Most immigrants: 1915 from Germany, 1967 from Italy, 2006 from Mexico
With so much growth to take place within one or two generations, it is not hard to imagine how much the latino culture will influence american mainstream.
[...] With his post On re-thinking immigration, Michael Parekh provides insightful comments on an article from the Wall Street Journal entitled The Coming Crunch where the pros and cons of population growth are analyzed. All this in light of the recent 300 million americans milestone recently reached by the U.S. [...]