by Virginie Montet 1 hour, 1 minute ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US population, which is set to hit the 300-million mark in October, is one third minorities, with one in three people either Hispanic, black, Asian or, less often, indigenous Native Americans.
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Non-Hispanic whites still represent the majority of Americans -- 198.4 million -- but their numbers are shrinking. According to census figures, non-Hispanic whites represented 66.8 percent of the population in 2005 as opposed to 2000 when they made up nearly 70 percent of the population.
Whites are also the minority in four states, California, Texas, New Mexico and Hawaii, and also in the US federal capital.