What will americans look like in the future

But in a Pew poll taken in May , the questions garnered response rates of 81 percent and 70 percent, respectively. Of course, the poll was taken at the height of the high-tech boom and on the eve of a new millennium.

Since then, terrorists attacked the United States, the nation has engaged in two wars, the cost of living has outpaced wages and a recession has damaged the economy, among other things. In the new survey, 58 percent of respondents said a world war would occur in the next four decades, 53 percent said terrorists would attack the United States with nuclear weapons, and the same majority said the nation would be less important in the world than it is now.

The survey included 1, adults in the United States reached by residential telephone or cellphone. The margin of error for the total sample is no more than plus or minus 4. The documented belief in technological advancement extended from the laboratory half said an extinct species would be resuscitated through cloning to outer space half said evidence of life would be found elsewhere in the universe to the marketplace a small majority said gasoline-powered cars would go out of production.

It's unclear whether they've included same-sex unions in the count, but as currently stated, this number is more than double what it was 25 years ago. Image Credit: Wall Street Journal. The future: As for how this looks moving forward, studies have repeatedly shown that young people, especially those under 30, are significantly more amenable to interracial relationships than older adults, while college grads are more likely to have positive attitudes toward them than those with only a high school diploma.

What does this mean for Millennials? As a population composed largely of over-educated somethings, our generation is primed and expected to play a major role in populating this projected future America. That goes double if you live in a Western state, where people intermarry at higher rates; Hawaii is winning at the moment, with 4 of 10 new marriages identifying as interracial. Whites will see the biggest demographic decline, coming down from the current figure of 62 percent.

Asians will see the biggest rise, going up to 14 percent from the current 6 percent. That said, it's important to note that the definition of who is considered "white" has changed many times in America's history. And it could be happening again. Advertise with us. Axios on HBO. Axios HQ. Privacy and terms. Online tracking choices. Contact us. Subscribe Axios newsletters. Axios app. Axios podcasts. Earn Axios rewards. Axios Local Close. Sign up Arrow. Climate change.

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