The U.S. white population climbed over the last decade by more than 530,000 – significant, but not enough to continue shrinking relative to other racial groups, according to a Social Explorer analysis of newly released 2015-19 American Community Survey data. White, non-Hispanics made up slightly less than 60.7 percent of the population, down from 63.8 percent recorded in the 2010 Census and 79.6 percent in the 1980 Census.

A half-dozen counties added more than 1 million white residents over the decade, led by Maricopa County, Ariz. (150,000); Wake County, N.C. (103,000); and Travis County, Texas (99,500). Meanwhile, the largest losses of white residents occurred in Los Angeles County, Calif. (-131,000); Cook County, Ill. (-96,500); and Broward County, Fla. (-91,300). View the changes in the white population over the decade in your county with Social Explorer’s award-winning, easy-to-use mapping tools.

U.S. White Population, 2010 – 2019. Click here to explore further.

Author: Frank Bass