Alpena, MichiganLocal Weather Alerts
There are currently no active weather alerts.

2020 Census data shows U.S. population more diverse than ever

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — The first detailed results of the 2020 Census released Thursday reveal that the U.S. population is much more multiracial now than a decade ago.  The White population remained the  largest race or ethnicity group in the United States with 204  million people identifying as White alone. However, the White alone population decreased by 8.6% since 2010. The Census Bureau report say the multiracial population has changed considerably since 2010.  It was measured at 9 million people at that time.  Now it’s 33.8 million people – representing a 276% increase.

The Some Other Race alone or in combination group (49.9 million) increased 129%, surpassing the Black or African American population (46.9 million) as the second-largest race alone or in combination group.

The next largest racial populations were the Asian alone or in combination group (24 million), the American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination group (9.7 million), and the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination group (1.6 million).

The Hispanic or Latino population, which includes people of any race, was 62.1 million in 2020. The Hispanic or Latino population grew 23%, while the population that was not of Hispanic or Latino origin grew 4.3% since 2010.