<p>-Such whites are a minority in four states - Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas - and the District of Columbia. The share of white people fell below 60 percent in three other states - Maryland, Georgia and Nevada. Nationally, non-Hispanic whites make up about 67 percent of the population, down from 70 percent at the start of the decade.</p>
<p><a href=“http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_US_Diversity.html[/url]”>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_US_Diversity.html</a></p>
<p>I don’t think I can say I am an Underrepresented minority… yet!</p>
<p>hmmm…if you click on their source it says that 77% of California is white. I did not check the other states.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where you are seeing that Sweetny, California according to the 2000 US census is 47.4% “Non-Hispanic White.” The census bureau estimates that in 2005 that number was down to 43.8%.</p>
<p>Its important to note gregdunn, the fact that whites makeup less than 50%, it does not mean that they are “a minority.” White people are still a plurality in all fifty states (though in D.C. I believe African-Americans are the plurality and majority).</p>
<p>America is going to have an overall minority majority very, very soon.</p>
<p>But it won’t stop whitey. Hah!</p>
<p>A minoity is defined as “a group having less than the number of votes necessary for control.” In America, the controlling number of votes is typically 50%. Whites do not account for 50% in HI, CA, NM, and TX. .: They are a minority in these states.</p>
<p>^So basically there is no majority in those four states then.</p>
<p>Justbrowsing, I am getting it from that same page look…</p>
<p>" White persons, percent, 2004 (a) 77.2% 80.4%
Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) 6.8% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) 1.2% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) 12.1% 4.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) 0.4% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 2.4% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) 34.7% 14.1%
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 44.5% 67.4%"</p>
<p>Though whites may dip below the majority status in numbers, they still, in many cases, tend to be the cultural majority. The reality isn’t always in the numbers.</p>
<p>That is true. It is also important to look at where the power is…</p>
<p>I’m just saying… it won’t tooo be long before a group other than white wuill hold a true majority</p>
<p>Wait, it’s funny how you guys balance the scales like whites vs. minorities instead of whites vs. blacks vs. hispanics vs. asians. </p>
<p>Whites are still the largest demographic group so they cannot possibly be the minority. It’s not like blacks, hispanics, and asians are unified group.</p>
<p>^^Just what I was going to say.</p>
<p>You can be a plurality and a minority at the same time. The point is not that some other group is a majority, just that whites are not.</p>