Five takeaways from the U.S. census data drop

According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday, the Asian American population was among the nonwhite populations that grew over the last decade. The U.S. saw a decline in the number of white people for the first time in its history The country has been growing more diverse for decades — since ethnic immigration quotas were dropped in the 1960s — but the 2020 population count is the first since the census began in which the number of white people shrank. White people still make up nearly 58% of the population, the largest racial or ethnic group in the country, but their share dropped 8.6% since 2010. California remains dominant Although California lost a congressional seat for the first time in its history because it did not grow as fast as other states, the data released Thursday showcased the state’s dominance.