Minority Births in the United States

From the New York Times: 

48: The percent of births in the United States to minority mothers in the 12 months that ended July 2008, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by Professors Kenneth M. Johnson of the University of New Hampshire and Daniel Lichter at Cornell University. The 50 percent benchmark could be reached as soon as this year, demographers say. Over all, the Census Bureau estimates that minorities will constitute a majority of the nation’s population in about three decades and a majority of Americans under 18 in about a decade.