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Population by Race/Ethnicity
Race
The projected 10.5% decline in Pinellas County’s youth
population between 2008 and 2030 is concentrated in both white and
black youth.
- White youth are projected to decline 12% compared to a 9%
decrease in black youth. The relatively small other race group is
projected to increase 22%.
- Based
on 2008 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,
2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the total U.S. Hispanic
population at 46.9 million, more than triple the 1980 total.
- Between 1980 and 2008, the U.S. Hispanic population is
estimated to have increased from 6.4% of the total population to
15.4%.
Pinellas County’s Hispanic population is also
projected to grow at a relatively strong rate. According to the 2000
census, there were 42,760 Hispanics representing 4.6% of total
county population. BEBR’s estimate for 2008 is approximately 67,000
and by 2030, it is expected that the Hispanic population will
slightly exceed 80,000 (0.8% average annual growth) and account for
8.5% of total county population.
- Pinellas County’s Hispanic youth under the age of 18 are
projected to grow 7% between 2008 and 2030, an average annual
increase of 0.3%. Although this is substantially above the
projected growth of total county youth population, it is below the
20% projected growth in total Hispanic population.
- Hispanic youths accounted for 6.9% of total Pinellas County
youths in 2000 and are expected to grow to 13.0% 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
Between 2008 and 2030, Floridians can expect the
population of the state’s minority youth population (defined here as
non-white + white Hispanic) under 18 to rise by an estimated 40%,
with Pinellas County’s minority youth decreasing 2% 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,
slightly 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, which was estimated at 58,000 in 2008,
is expected to account for 33% of the total youth population in
2010 and 36% in 2030.
- 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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