The changing face of America.

• Position: GRAPH: NATIONAL

As reported in the article "'Power Shift" (p. 10), population changes reflected in the 2010 Census will result in 18 states either gaining or Losing seats in Congress. The Census, conducted every 10 years, isn't just a snapshot of where Americans are Living, however; it also tells us who we are as a nation, in terms of race, ethnicity, and other factors. Largely because of immigration and varied birthrates among different groups, the nation is growing more diverse, with Asians, Hispanics, and other minorities (including people of mixed race or ethnicity) making up much Larger percentages of the population.

The pie charts to the left show changes in the racial/ethnic makeup of the U.S. population, from 1990 to 2009, as reflected in the U.S. Census.

The 2009 data are from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, which sampled 3 million households and provides a good glimpse of what the 2010 Census results, to be released in February and March 2011, will show.

1990 OTHER 0.2% ASIAN 2.8% NATIVE AMERICAN 0.7% BLACK 11.7% HISPANIC 9% WHITE 75.6% 2009 OTHER 2.1% ASIAN 4.5% NATIVE AMERICAN 0.6% HISPANIC 15.8% BLACK 12.1% WHITE 64.9% Note: Table made from pie chart. ANALYZE THE GRAPH

(1) Since 1990, the proportion of white people in the U.S. population

a has remained the same.

b has dropped by about 11 percent.

c has dropped by about 11 percentage points.

d has grown by 25 percent.

(2) In 1900 (not shown), about one in every eight Americans was not white. In 1990--the first year of the last decade of that century--about one in every--. Americans was not white.

a three

b four

c five

d six

(3) In 1980 (not shown), Asians made up 1.5 percent of the U.S. population. In the three decades since, the proportion of Asians has--.

a not changed

b doubled

c tripled

d quadrupled

(4) By how many percentage points would the 2009 non-white population have to...