WASHINGTON — In a major shift in immigration patterns, Asians will surge past Latinos to become the largest group of immigrants heading to the United States by 2065, according to estimates in a new study.
An increase in Asian and Latino immigration also will drive U.S. population growth, with foreign-born residents expected to make up 18 percent of the country’s projected 441 million people in 50 years, the Pew Research Center said in a report being released Monday. This will be a record, higher than the nearly 15 percent during the late 19th-century and early 20th-century wave of immigration from Europe.
Today, immigrants make up 14 percent of the population, an increase from 5 percent in 1965. The tipping point is expected to come in 2055, when Asians will become the largest immigrant group at 36 percent, compared with Latinos at 34 percent. White immigrants to America, 80 percent in 1965, will hover somewhere between 18 and 20 percent, with black immigrants in the 8 percent to 9 percent range, the study said.
