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Instead of a detailed examination of today's immigration proposals, NBC took the long view of demographic shifts as the Census Bureau announced that the non-white population of the United States now surpasses 100m. Peter Alexander pointed out that the most ethnically diverse cohorts in the population are its youngest: "While the older generation focuses on healthcare and retirement, younger minorities think about the future"--such issues as education and affordable housing.
The Caucasian-American population--Alexander called them "whites"--is shrinking in 14 states due to internal emigration to states like Nevada. On Alexander's map it looked like white flight is occurring in two southern states (La, Miss), one western state (Cal), one on the great plains (ND), three in the midwest (Ill, Mich, Ohio), five in the mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, Pa, Md, Del) and two in New England (Mass, Ct)--although it is hard to make out those tiny eastern seaboard states so they may not be the 14 the Census cited.
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