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Population News Thursday February 14th 2008



Immigration to Play Lead Role in U.S. Population Growth from 2005 to 2050, Pew Research Study FindsImmigration to Play Lead Role in U.S. Population Growth from 2005 to 2050, Pew Research Study Finds
(PR Newswire via Yahoo! News: Mon, 11 Feb) If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and 82% of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their U.S.-born descendants, according to new projections developed by the Pew Research Center. (View Report: http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=85)


HISPANICS ON RISEHISPANICS ON RISE
(New York Post: Tue, 12 Feb) Hispanics, already the nation's largest minority group, will triple in size and account for 60 percent of the population growth between now and 2050, a new study says. During that time, Hispanics will zoom from 14 percent of the US population to 29...



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'Whites to be US minority' by 2050'Whites to be US minority' by 2050
(Adelaide Now: Tue, 12 Feb) "WHITE" Americans will become a minority in the United States by 2050, with immigrants driving most of the population growth.


Glaciers blocked New World colonizers for 20,000 years: studyGlaciers blocked New World colonizers for 20,000 years: study
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Wed, 13 Feb) The first human migration into the Americas was blocked by two massive glaciers which kept early settlers on the doorstep of the New World for about 20,000 years, a study published Wednesday has found.


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