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Population by Race/Ethnicity
Race
The projected 2.7% decline
in Pinellas County’s youth population between 2007 and 2030 is
concentrated entirely in white youth.
- White
youth are projected to decline 8% compared to an 11% increase in
black youth and a 26% increase in the relatively small other race
group.
- Based
on 2007 estimates, 77% of Pinellas County children are white and
18% are black compared to 80% and 13%, respectively, for the
entire U.S.
Ethnicity
The United States has
undergone dramatic shifts in racial and ethnic diversity over the
years, with the Hispanic population increasing at a faster rate than
other racial or ethnic groups. Between 1980 and 2000, the total
U.S. Hispanic population more than doubled in size from 14.6 million
to 35.3 million. As of July 1, 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau
estimates the total U.S. Hispanic population at 45.5 million, more
than triple the 1980 total.
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Between 1980 and 2007, the U.S. Hispanic population is estimated
to have increased from 6.4% of the total population to 15.1%.
Pinellas County’s
Hispanic population is also projected to grow at a rapid rate.
According to the 2000 census, there were 42,760 Hispanics
representing 4.6% of total county population. By 2030, it is
expected that the Hispanic population will be approximately 114,000
(3.3% average annual growth) and account for 11.3% of total county
population.
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Pinellas County’s Hispanic
youth under the age of 18 are projected to grow 44% between 2007
and 2030 (1.6% average annual growth), far greater than total
county population growth, but slower than the total 64% growth in
total Hispanic population.
- Pinellas County’s
Hispanic youth population is also growing faster than overall
county youth population. Hispanic youths accounted for 6.9% of
total Pinellas County youths in 2000 and are expected to grow to
16.3% by 2030.
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Pinellas County’s Hispanic youth
population is projected to grow more slowly than other Florida counties of
comparable size.
Minority Population
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Between 2007 and 2030, Floridians can expect the population of the
state’s minority (non-white + white Hispanic) youth population
ages 0-17 to rise by an estimated 38%, with Pinellas County’s
minority youth growing 23% over that same period.
- The
growth in the minority youth population of Florida over the next
two decades will have a significant impact on the composition of
the total youth population of the state. By 2010, more than 50%
of the state’s youth population is projected to be minority.
The minority youth population of all counties of comparable size
to Pinellas is also expected to exceed 50% of the total youth
population by 2010. Pinellas County’s minority youth
population, however, is expected to account for 34% of the total
youth population in 2010 and 42% in 2030.
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- Based on 2000
Census data, Pinellas County’s minority youth were heavily concentrated in
the St. Petersburg area in South Pinellas County. Three ZIP codes alone,
33712, 33705 and 33711 accounted for one-third of Pinellas’ total minority
population in year 2000. Over 80% of the total population in these three
ZIP codes is classified as minority (click
here for ZIP code map).
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