US’s white population declines for first time ever, 2020 census finds White population falls below 60%, underscoring what’s at stake as lawmakers begin drawing political maps Fri 13 Aug 2021 01.57 BST First published on Thu 12 Aug 2021 21.44 BST People walk in Santa Monica, California. The Census Bureau results showed that US metro areas accounted for almost all the country’s population growth. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA America’s white population declined for the first time while US metro areas were responsible for almost all of the country’s population growth, according to groundbreaking new data released on Thursday by the US Census Bureau. Overall, the white-alone population fell by 8.6% since 2010, the bureau said on Thursday. Non-Hispanic whites now account for around 58% of America’s population, a drop from 2010 when they made up 63.7% of the population. It was the first time that the non-Hispanic white population has fallen below 60% since the census began. Meanw