Who counts as white on the census?

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🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Some recent analysis of America’s changing demographics is inaccurate and dangerous. NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang makes sense of the 2020 census. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.5	It's today explained, I'm Halima Shah, and perhaps you've seen some of the headlines in the
0:41.6	last week that say something to the effect of...
0:45.3	The white population is in decline.
0:49.7	For the first time on record, the white population in the United States has declined.
0:55.5	Plus released data from the 2020 census shows the white population in America is down 8.6%
1:01.4	from 2010.
1:02.4	Here's what those numbers show.
1:03.7	The number, not the proportion, the absolute number of Americans who described themselves
1:08.3	as white has dropped for the first time in our history.
1:11.3	The total decline is around 5 million people.
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