Minority Babies Make up Majority in U.S. Births

Name: Minority Babies Make up Majority in U.S. Births
Uploaded: 2012-05-17T22:00:00Z
Duration: P582S
Description: White babies account for fewer than half of newborns in the United States -- just 49.6 percent of last year's births, according to new Census data released Thursday. Margaret Warner discusses the tipping point and its implications with the Brookings Institution's William Frey and New York University's Marcelo Suarez-Orozco.

Clip: 05/17/2012 | 9m 42s

White babies account for fewer than half of newborns in the United States -- just 49.6 percent of last year's births, according to new Census data released Thursday. Margaret Warner discusses the tipping point and its implications with the Brookings Institution's William Frey and New York University's Marcelo Suarez-Orozco.

Aired: 05/17/12

Rating: NR

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