5 things the Census reveals about America

One: growth has slowed

David Crossley, Jan 10, 12.

A cascade of statistics from the 2010 Census and other Census Bureau sources released during 2011 show a nation in flux—growing and moving more slowly as it ages, infused by racial and ethnic minorities and immigrants in its younger ranks, and struggling economically across a decade bookended by two recessions, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution:

The nation’s largest metropolitan areas, and especially their suburbs, stood on the front lines of America’s evolving demographic transformation. The five things:

1. The United States is growing more slowly
2. Americans are increasingly stuck at home
3. Minorities are driving growth, replenishing America’s youth
4. Boomers continue to age, transforming American households
5. Americans lost ground on income and poverty in the 2000s
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