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Good morning playbookers. It's Friday, August 13th. I'm Ruggumana Vallin. And this is your

Politico Playbook Daily Briefing. Yesterday brought the long-delayed release of the Census Bureau's

redistricting data. It's mostly granular demographic numbers used to redraw political

boundaries for the next decade. And while it'll take some more number crunching before data is ready

for prime time, a very own campaigns reporter and expert in redistricting, Zach Montalaro

writes in with some big takeaways. Takeaway number one, the country is more diverse. Americans who

identify as only white are still the largest racial group in America, but the percentage

dipped below 60% of the country's population. There was a significant increase in the number

of Americans who identified as multiracial, little over 33 million Americans, that's up from

9 million back in 2010.

At least some of that change is being attributed to how the Census Bureau asked questions on races this time around.

Takeaway number two. America is more urban.

Metro areas grew by 9% over the last decade, even as more than half of counties saw their populations shrink.

New York City remains the country's largest city, even though everybody who left New York

was legally obligated to write a think piece about it.

Takeaway number three, we're getting older.

The country grew over the last decade, but at a slower rate than in decades passed.

And we're getting older as a result.

Almost 78% of the country is at least 18 years old.

There's 10% more adults this decade than the last decade, and there's a 1.4% decrease in the number of children.

Read into this what you will, the fastest growing metro area over the last decade was the villages in Florida.

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