article_snippet: By mid-century, up to one in four Americans will be of Hispanic descent and the white majority will give way to a so-called 'minority majority.'
article_snippet: The Economist reports that more lenient immigration laws in the 1960s took the Hispanic population from just 7m in 1970 to 57m today, a number which is predicted to double by 2050.
article_snippet: Now less than two thirds of the population are white and whites will be a minority by 2044, says Census Bureau.
article_snippet: : More lenient immigration laws in the 1960s took the Hispanic population from just 7m in 1970 to 57m today, a number which is predicted to double by 2050 .
article_snippet: The future: It is predicted that by 2050 there will be double the amount of Hispanics than there are today .
highlights_snippet: More lenient immigration laws in the 1960s took the Hispanic population from just 7m in 1970 to 57m today .
  
highlights_snippet: The number of Hispanics today is predicted to double by 2050 .
  
highlights_snippet: European whites once made up 80 per cent of the American population but will be a minority by 2044 .
  