How America is changing

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Data: Census Bureau. (Estimates include people reporting one race alone.) Chart: Axios Visuals If you work in politics, government, business, media, academia, philanthropy: Pay attention to this chart. Your world is changing. America's Asian and Hispanic populations saw huge gains over the past dozen years — a trend that will accelerate as those families grow, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj found in analyzing Census Bureau data. Why it matters: This is a new way to visualize America's changing face — the electorate, the customers, the influencers, the decision-makers, the workforce, the workers you'll be trying to recruit in the future. ? What's happening: "Population growth is increasingly driven by net immigration, which accounts for all population growth in 2043 and beyond," the Congressional Budget Office said in a 2022 report. Case in point: In Texas, Hispanic residents now officially make up the largest share of the state's population as of last week, The Texas Tribune reports. "The new population figures show Hispanic Texans made up 40.2% of the state's population last summer, barely edging out non-Hispanic white Texans, who made up 39.8%," per the Tribune. Data: Census Bureau. (Estimates include people reporting one race alone.) Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios ? By the numbers: The absolute numbers are comparatively small, but Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders grew 120%, to nearly 900,000. The Asian population grew 105%, to 21 million. The Hispanic population grew 80%, to 64 million. The Black population grew 31%, to 46 million. ? Between the lines: The U.S. is still predominantly white, with growth of 19% between 2000 and 2022, to 250 million.