Demographics & Population

We still are a country that's kind of divided, and a lot of that fissure in the population tends to be based in race and age and ethnicity. There's kind of a dangerous result in this election when we see older whites moving in one direction and younger minorities moving in another direction.

What’s constant in this country is its ability to adapt—adapt to people with changing backgrounds, people with changing attitudes. But Hispanics really are a very big part of America’s present and future. And they’re not clustered in one area. They’ve been fanning out to all parts of the United States, and by moving into new parts of the country ...they’re becoming accepted by these communities.

The long-term scenario [for Rhode Island] will be at best tepid population gain. It’s quite likely that the state could lose a Congressional seat, as it barely retained its second seat after the past census. If it loses its second seat, it will be the first time the state had one seat since 1793.

After decades of wars, a depression, immigration surges, baby booms, boomlets and busts, we are entering a new era of modest growth.

When the 2020 Census comes around, we’re going to have a majority-minority child population.