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I vote Detroit. I see that metro changing rapidly, not just the large influx of Arab/Middle Eastern population that has settled in Dearborn, but Hispanic, South Asian, and SE Asian populations too. It is a prime location for growth and redevelopment.
Yeah, I don't think any metro area can be singled out here. Two decades is actually quite a long time demographically anywhere.
White population is actually declining the fastest in the Northeast and Midwest proportionately, so along with the gains in Hispanic and Asian populations, I'd put my money on metro areas in those regions (outside of already super diverse regions like NYC and DC) to change the most.
I've lived in the ATL area now for the past 2.5 years. The diversity here is incredible. And that's from someone who used to live in Los Angeles.
As other have mentioned, the Hispanic/Latino and Asian Populations here are surging. There is a growing tech presence with the likes of Google, Microsoft etc. being attracted to the city for its diverse talent pool. Cumming, GA now has one of the fastest growing S. Asian populations in the country. An estimated 100k Koreans live in the state of Georgia. I believe last year the white population increased in the city of Atlanta, far outpacing Black population growth. The area also continues to attract young Blacks who choose to begin their careers here due to the cost of living, HBCUs and professional networks to name a few.
And I don't necessarily mean white flight. You see black flight in some places too. A lot of asian and hispanic movement seems to changing certain places at a pretty rapid pace.
I voted for Atlanta because AFAIK it's the blackest city on the list, therefore it will become more Hispanic.
Well, she should know. "Undeclared first year"---her bona fides. Unless you're Native American, we all jumped in the melting pot at some point in the past. For a while, immigrants stay in their own communities, then in the succeeding generations, they branch out, marry other ethnicities and move around.
My family used to be 100% Swedish, stuck in Minnesota. They all married other Swedes. In my generation, we moved away and married non-Swedes. Oh, my! "I'm melting"!
Literally every single American city will see fairly dramatic demographic changes in 20 years as the white population continues to decline.
This. I don't really see any places changes faster than others apart from the coastal areas will diversify faster than inland areas (minus Dallas and Vegas).
One easy way to approximate this is to look at child demographics compared to adult demographics..
Yeah, I don't think any metro area can be singled out here. Two decades is actually quite a long time demographically anywhere.
White population is actually declining the fastest in the Northeast and Midwest proportionately, so along with the gains in Hispanic and Asian populations, I'd put my money on metro areas in those regions (outside of already super diverse regions like NYC and DC) to change the most.
In reality, it will probably be Rhode Island and Connecticut metros. Maybe above all else. Not really exciting stuff for most of us here.
The super diverse metros will still be super diverse metros.
Austin may be an interesting one to watch over the next 20 years
I actually think it might see the least-ish change. It’s not gonna get much larger than 30% Hispanic without rapid growth East if I-35, in Lockhart, in Bastrop and in Hays County. It’s probably gonna get a lot more Asian maybe be 15% even by 2040, but I think it’s White, Hispanic and Black population will bear most of the demographic difference from the Asian growth. White people may have even outgrow Hispanic people in the last decade just to show you how much the metro is stable demographically. It will get a lot more folks outside of the expected groups meaning; Chinese, Indian, White American, African American, Mexican American, Vietnamese American. That will add something to the area but the on paper numbers won’t budge much outside of the overall Asian population.
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