Important note: doesn't necessarily reflect unexpected surge in Asian population as much as surge in residents listing multiple/other races, in part b/c of changes to questionnaire design.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 12, 2021

Significant point. The number who identified as multi race jumped from 9 M in 2010 to 34 M in 2020. A huge cultural milestone. And a significant component of the drop in “white share” perhaps a new complexity Redistricting folks have not anticipated

— Steve Jost (@JostSteve) August 12, 2021

this was my thought. the 2% reduction in white went to mixed.

— crucker (@crucker) August 12, 2021

I answered human race, Census is only entitled to my enumeration, it says so in the Constitution, I was counted, that's all they get from me

— Hope is eternal! (@Robin621k) August 12, 2021

Where do biracial people fall?

— Mario from the Bluff City (@YoNewChi) August 12, 2021

Wherever they’d like.

— MonkInTheTrunk (@best2begreat) August 12, 2021

The lower black and white shares definitely imply “other” is the big gainer

— Justin (@KeystoneObsrvr) August 12, 2021

Maybe, but I live in California and the Immigrants are coming more Asia (Philippines)

— Collin Reid (@CREID2852) August 12, 2021

Also there are more multi-racial people like my son

— DrSquishy (@DrSquishy) August 12, 2021

Why is the black population declining but every other minority group is increasing?

— Aaron Healings (@lord_temporal) August 12, 2021

Census release shows America is more diverse and more multiracial than everhttps://t.co/xoA6JOWQua

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 12, 2021

In 2010, 76% of the Puerto Rican population identified themselves as "white." In 2020, half of the people chose "two or more races" in the Census. Only 17% identified as "white." pic.twitter.com/SKWNGOHO0G

— Angélica Serrano-Román (@angelicaserran0) August 12, 2021

New Census numbers out Thursday show a robust 7.7% population increase for New York City since 2010 — and even bigger surges for Asian New Yorkers at a time when Asian candidates and community groups are mobilizing to build political power. https://t.co/mlhDpvzV9m

— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) August 13, 2021

A simple way to understand the trends in today’s census data drawing on prior Pew research:

For Americans aged 7 to 22 in…
— 1969, ~4 in 5 of their peers were white
— 2003, ~2 in 3 of their peers were white
— 2019, ~1 in 2 of their peers are whitehttps://t.co/C23Fxi6jFX pic.twitter.com/uoTTf1DLmU

— Omar Wasow (@owasow) August 13, 2021

“The shifts signal what Frey calls a ‘cultural generation gap,’ with older generations that are much Whiter than younger ones.” https://t.co/H9VhzkqDO6 pic.twitter.com/KnOAcMCXht

— Omar Wasow (@owasow) August 13, 2021

.@jaricheson also highlights how framing demographic change as a kind of horserace obscures complex ways racial identification can shift over time for some individuals and groups while also contributing to conflict by encouraging “zero-sum thinking.” https://t.co/dKAercR3Ok

— Omar Wasow (@owasow) August 13, 2021

What will America's racial future be? Will race become less important -- a source of personal identity, but no longer a source of political division? Will the White-Black conflict rage forever? Will the online world segregate us by race?

Hard to say.https://t.co/bPQkFO25rC

— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) August 17, 2021

White privilege is bad, but the antidote is NOT to carve out sad little ancestral-ethnic niches for everyone who isn't white! The antidote is to give everyone equal access to *every* part of culture.

— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) August 18, 2021

States aren’t growing so much as urban areas in specific regions:
— FL: 14.6%, metro share: 99.9%
— GA: 10.6%, metro share: 97.8%
— SC: 10.7%, metro share: 106.7%
— NC: 9.5%, metro share: 108.0%
— TX: 15.9%, metro share: 99.6%
— AZ: 11.9%, metro share: 101.0% https://t.co/ohD3Spl9q0

— Omar Wasow (@owasow) August 17, 2021

Say hello to the newest ambassador for Gaia, the yoga streaming platform — and QAnon hangout?https://t.co/NJE6nB0YTt

— The Cut (@TheCut) November 9, 2021