Majority of Americans will be 'minorities' by 2045: White population to dip below 50% for first time in history, according to analysis of census data

The majority of Americans will not be white by 2045, according to data that highlights the US’ increasingly diverse population.

An analysis of census data by the think-tank Brookings Institution estimates that white people will comprise less than 50 percent of the US population for the first time in history in little over two decades.

The majority of the population will be made up of minority ethnicities: 24.6 percent for Hispanics, 13.1 percent for blacks, 7.9 percent for Asians, and 3.8 percent for multiracial populations, the analysis claims.

Immigration and an increase in interracial couples are fueling the shift in a new era of so-called majority-minority population.