James Norman Mattis is a retired United States Marine Corps general who is the 26th and current United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the Cabinet of Donald Trump. Mattis was previously the 11th Commander of United States Central Command during the presidency of Barack Obama, and was responsible for American military operations in the Middle East, Northeast Africa, and Central Asia. Before President Obama appointed him to replace General David Petraeus as Commander of US Central Command
Percentage of population in the United States in 2014 and 2060, by race and Hispanic origin. About This Statistic. The statistic shows the share of U.S. population, by race and Hispanic origin, in 2014 and a projection for 2060. As of 2014, about 17.4 percent of the U.S. population were of Hispanic origin.
The average nonwhite estimates that 40% of the U.S. population is black and 35% of the population is Hispanic. Americans earning less than $20,000 estimate the black percentage of the U.S. population to be 42%, and the Hispanic percentage to comprise 37%.