U.S.’s Fastest Growing Demographic Groups

The country’s Pacific Islander, Asian and Hispanic populations saw the biggest percentage increases between 2000 and 2022, per a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj for Axios.

By the numbers: The number of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders grew about 120%, to nearly 879,000.

• The Asian population grew about 105%, to 21 million.
• The Hispanic population grew about 80%, to nearly 64 million.
• The Black population grew 31%, to 45.4 million.

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