(CNN) -- By 2050, minorities will be the majority in America, and the number of residents older than 65 will more than double, according to projections released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau looks at 2000 results and assumptions about future childbearing, mortality rates and migration. Minorities, classified as those of any race other than non-Hispanic, single-race whites, currently constitute about a third of the U.S. population, according to Census figures. But by 2042, they are projected to become the majority, making up more than half the population. By 2050, 54 percent of the population will be minorities.
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Census: By 2050, 54 percent will be other than non-Hispanic, single-race whites
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Number of U.S, residents older than 65 expected to more than double
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Hispanic population projected to make the largest gains
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Census official says the timelines are not written in stone
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