Whites to Lose Majority Status in U.S. by 2042

"Whites will comprise less than half of the U.S. population by 2042, about eight years earlier than previously thought, according to a report to be released by the Census Bureau.

The transition, long predicted by demographers, will spell big changes for the nation's schools and work force. 

Over the next four decades the non-Hispanic white population will get older, eventually going into decline between 2030 and 2040. Minorities will become a majority of the population aged zero to 17...