• As a result of immigration and higher birthrates among many newcomers, the number of Hispanics grew by 3.4 percent nationwide and Asians by 3.2 percent.
• The black population rose by 1.3 percent, and that of non-Hispanic whites by 0.3 percent.
• More than 20 percent of children in the United States either are foreign-born or have a parent who was born abroad.
• Nearly half the children under age 5 are Hispanic, black or Asian. 
• The median age of Americans reached 36.6 years.
  • It ranged from 27.4 among Hispanics to 40.5 among non-Hispanic whites.
• The census counted more than 73,000 centenarians (about 14,000 men and 59,000 women) and also 78 million baby boomers (those born from 1946 to 1964), who, as they turn 60, are helping to drive the racial generation gap.
• Eighty percent of Americans over age 60 are non-Hispanic whites, compared with only 60 percent among those in their 20s and 30s, and 58 percent among people younger than 20.
• The census found that fully 21 percent of the nation’s minority population lives in California, and 12 percent in Texas. Minorities constitute a majority in four states: Hawaii (75 percent), New Mexico (57 percent), California (57 percent) and Texas (52 percent).

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