Asians to exceed Hispanic immigrants in US by 2065: study

Asian immigrants are 6% of the total population now

Asians will exceed Hispanic immigrants to become the largest immigrant group in the United States by 2065, according to a new study.

If the current demographic trends continue, Asian immigrants are projected to become the largest immigrant group by 2055 and make up 38% of the total foreign-born population by 2065, Pew Research Center's latest analysis said on Monday, reported Xinhua.

While 47% of US immigrants are Hispanics as of 2015, the proportion is predicted to drop to 31% by 2065, said the Pew report, citing the gradual slowdown of the influx of immigrants from Latin America.

The Pew report said that by 2065, Hispanics will still remain a large share of the US population at 24%, up from 18% in 2015, while Asian immigrants will make up 14% of the overall US population, up from 6% now.

As the share of Asian and Hispanic immigrants in the next decades grows, the proportion of non-Hispanic whites is projected to become less than 50% by 2055, which means that no racial or ethnic group will constitute a majority of the US population by then.