Most of the gain in the region came from an increase in the Hispanic population, which almost doubled its gain from the previous year as well as a gain in the Asian and Pacific Islander population.
, showed the White population declining by 668,418 people, compared to a record decline of 809,784 people the previous year. The Hispanic population grew by 1.04 million, compared to 786,622 the year before. Asians and Pacific Islanders increased by 475,679, compared to 240,191 the previous year, and Black people increased by 211, 193 compared to 121,787 the year before.
The White population continued to decline across the region in larger numbers . The Black population showed a smaller decline, losing 453 people last year compared to 2,612 the year before. Asians also had large gains in Fairfax county and Hispanics and Asians saw large gains in Montgomery and Fairfax Counties.
The increase continues a trend and reflects the aging of the large baby boomer generation, along with their children, sometimes known as echo boomers, said Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Census Bureau’s Population Division."The eldest of the echo boomers have started to reach or exceed the nation’s median age of 38.9,” she said. Noting that birth rates have gradually declined over the past two decades, she said, “Without a rapidly growing young population, the U.S.
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