U.S. demographic change begins with the youngest age groups % of population, 2015 18. .5%
The Census Bureau statistics indicate that demographic change is percolating upward through the nation’s age groups, starting with the youngest ones. In fact, the bureau estimates indicate that 50.3% of children younger than 5 were racial or ethnic minorities in 2015.
U.S. demographic change begins  | with the youngest age groups  | % of population, 2015  | NON -HISPANIC WHITES  | AGE  | MINORITIES  | 85+  | 81 .5%  | 18. .5%  | 8088  | 79.4  | 20.6  | 75-79  | 77.8  | 22.2  | 70-74  | 77.5  | 22.5  | 65-69  | 75.9  | 24.1  | 6064  | 73.2  | 26.8  | 55-59  | 70.4  | 29.6  | 5054  | 67.2  | 32.8  | 45-49  | 62.8  | 37.2  | 4044  | 58.7  | 41.3  | 35-39  | 56.9  | 43.1  | 3034  | 57.0  | 43.0  | 25-29  | 56.2  | 43.8  | 20-24  | 54.6  | 45.4  | 15-19  | 54.3  | 45.7  | 10-14  | 52.7  | 47.3  | 5g  | 50.4  | 49.6  | <5  | 50.3  | 49.7  | 50  | 100%  | Note: Minority includes all race and ethnic groups except  | single race non- Hispanic white  | Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2015 population estimates  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 