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Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking

by Mike Schneider
| August 15, 2021 12:03 AM

The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as it released a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw the nation's political maps.

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