Census 2020 Quotes

Number of White People in the U.S. Shrinks by Statista The number of white people in the U.S. has shrunk for the first time since the first census in 1790. According to yesterday’s release of 2020 Census data, there were around 191.7 million white people in the U.S. last year, down from 196.8 million when the last census was taken in 2010. … The share of the white U.S. population declined further from 63.7 percent in 2010 to 57.3 percent in 2020. … The calculation includes only whites who do not identify as Latino or mixed race including white, while the number of Latinos includes Latinos of any race, including Black, white and others.

What kind of legislative bodies did the Great Compromise create? After the 2020 census, California, the largest state, with nearly 40 million residents, sent 52 members to the House. The 590,000 residents of Wyoming, by contrast, rate only a single representative, yet Wyoming and California both elect two senators. This lopsided equation gives states with small populations a big advantage in the Senate. The 10 states containing half the people in the United States are represented by 239 of the 435 members to the House, but only 20 senators. The forty states with the other half of the population have eighty senators.