The population of politically influential whites in America is expected to shrink 14 percent, a shortfall that will be made up minorities who by 2020 will represent over 50 percent of all 18 year olds and younger, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.

The Brookings Institution, in making the case for government spending and attention to the new minority-majority, revealed the Census expectations.

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