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White deaths outnumber births in US for first time

“More white people died in the U.S. last year than were born, a surprising slump coming more than a decade before the census predicts that the ranks of white Americans will drop with every passing year.

Population estimates for 2012 released by the Census Bureau Thursday showed what’s known as a natural decrease — a straightforward calculation of births minus deaths — of about 12,400 people among the nation’s 198 million whites who are not Hispanic. Overall in Maine, the number of deaths exceeded births statewide in 2012.

Though the percentage is small, several demographers said they are not aware of another time in U.S. history — not even during the Depression or wartime — when the dominant racial group experienced such losses. No other group showed a similar fall off.”

Frey, the Brookings demographer, said the natural decrease in whites suggests the U.S. will need immigration to continue if it is going to thrive.

“It’s going to be clear soon, if it isn’t already, that we’re going to depend much more on our young, largely minority popoulation to keep not only the economy of the country going, but the well-being of our aging white population,” he said. Last year we saw the majority of babies are minorities. Now we see more whites are dying than being born. Together, that tells us a lot about where we’re going as a country.”