Majority of Nevadans could be minorities by 2022
By Adelaide Chen, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nevada isn’t a majority-minority state quite yet. But it is projected to be in 2022 or 2023, according to the state demographer.
Part of the driving force is that more of Nevada’s 19-and-under population is Hispanic than white (non-Hispanic white). As of 2015, the estimate was 41 percent to 37 percent respectively, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest figures released today.
Five years ago, the estimate was 40 percent white and 39 percent Hispanic.
The state demographer, Jeff Hardcastle, said about a third of the Hispanic population had lived in the state before 2000, a third were born between 2000 and 2010, and a third migrated from out of the state or country.