---
title: "Falloff in births slows shift to a majority-minority youth population"
description: "The sharp decline in U.S. births after the onset of the Great Recession—especially among Hispanics—has slowed the nation’s transition to a majority-minority youth population, according to new Census Bureau data released today."
date: "2014-06-26"
authors:
  - name: "Michael Suh"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2014/06/26/falloff-in-births-slows-shift-to-a-majority-minority-youth-population/"
categories:
  - "Racial & Ethnic Shifts"
---

# Falloff in births slows shift to a majority-minority youth population