The Next America – Two Dramas in Slow Motion

Demographic transformations are dramas in slow motion. America is in the midst of two right now. Our population is becoming majority non-white at the same time a record share is going gray. Each of these shifts would by itself be the defining demographic story of its era. The fact that both are unfolding simultaneously has generated big generation gaps that will put stress on our politics, families, pocketbooks, entitlement programs and social cohesion.

Our new book, The Next America http://www.pewresearch.org/the-next-america-book/ , draws on this research to paint a data-rich portrait of the many ways our nation is changing and the challenges we face in the decades ahead.

By Paul Taylor

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