Topping several years of continuous and impressive immigration growth–which, though presently seems to be somewhat on the descent–latest available reports suggest that for the very first time, ethnic and racial minorities in the US constitute over 50% of the kids born in the country.

Fresh 2011 census projections underline a big shift underway in the racial structure of the country. They signify a transformation of sorts in a nation which once was heavily peopled by the white people, and which was acrimoniously divided over civil rights and indenture.

Meanwhile and talking about the development, a concerned person was quoted as saying that this is a crucial development, adding the present generation of the country is more comfortable with the diversity of the nation as compared to their parents and grandparents. He added that the country however continues to be stuck with a dangerous period wherein those favoring anti-immigration moves are boosting a divisiveness and acrimony which could take many years to rise above.

Interestingly, the report arrives as the apex court of the nation, the Supreme Court, gears-up to pass its judgments on the legitimacy, or otherwise, of the stringent immigration laws of the American State of Arizona. Several states of the country are busy thinking about similar hard steps as not many Hispanics seem keen to arrive in the nation in view of its not too impressive economy.

Overall, in the wake of a surprising Hispanic population in the 2010 survey, the minority populace of the country continues to head north. Boosted by the earlier tsunami of immigration, which ushered-in young families and swelled the overall numbers of the young Hispanic women, the population of the minorities headed north becoming 114.1 million, or in other words, 36.6% of the total populace of the country.