Nevada already as diverse as the US will be in 2042

With higher levels of racial diversity than almost all of the country, Nevada‘s population represents the population of America‘s future.

Even more representative are the states to the west and southeast of the Silver State, according to an analysis by TIME Labs. The ethnic makeup of Nevada was 52-percent white, 8-percent black, 28-percent hispanic, 8-percent Asian and 4-percent "other" in 2013. The numbers resemble what those of the nation will be in 2042, as projected by the Census Bureau.

Texas, New Mexico, Hawaii, and California represent the furthest in the future, at 2060. The projected national demographics for that year would be 44-percent white, 13-percent black, 29-percent Hispanic, 9-percent Asian and 6-percent "other." In New Mexico, those numbers are currently shifted with 47-percent Hispanic. 

In California, the number of Latino residents outnumber whites, state demographers announced earlier this month. 

According to TIME‘s map, there‘s another side to it, with states representing national demographics as far back as 1930. New Hampshire, Montana, North Dakota, Vermont, Maine and Iowa all had a majority of white residents in 2013. In Maine, 94-percent of residents were white.

The closest to the national numbers currently is Georgia, representing the makeup of the country in 2018.

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