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Identifying as hispanic, asian, or multi-racial. cbss ed okeefe has more on the numbers, and what they can mean. >> reporter: new census numbers show the nation is diversifying faster than expected. white americans now accountes ft for less than two-thirds of the population-- thats down more than 8%. than 2- the number of black americans climbed by single digits, asians and latinos by double digits, and people who identify as multi-racial spiked 276%. >> its not just going to be a white america ...

Kylie atwood at the state department and jeff zeleny at the white house, thank you. up next, booster shots potentially coming soon, but only for a small number of americans. were going to explain who might get one. plus, brand new census numbers. where the country is growing and why it matters for you. usaa is made for the safe pilots. like mac. who can come to a stop with barely a bobble. with usaa safepilot, when you drive safe... ...you can save up to 30% on your auto insurance. usaa. what ...

Get everybody and get out. >> another wii witness coming out of gilroy, california. 9:493 chopper cam. the reason why we are keeping this shot up for you, this video view coming out of the chopper cam is because according to gilroy police who are watching this breaking news story, they are telling us that this still is an active scene and those little lights that you see around the main light in the middle could be law enforcement still working the cordon. this cordon is encompasses over 50 acre...

Some want the u.s. to completely open its borders to the rest of the world. what would the affect be if we did that? who is coming here, what are they like and where is this all going? were joined by the director of research at the center. no one cares about -- >> the latest census numbers indicate by immigration by 2060 will add 75 million people to the u.s. population. you would think people concerned about the environment or traffic and pollution, congestion sprawl, would think about that but...

In the debate over a system overhaul. william has that story for us tonight. >> the numbers are important because they will shape the debate in washington as democrats push to legalize dreamers in the administration hopes to end chain migration which has been u.s. policy for the last 50 years. so according to a new analysis of census numbers, usa seeing a surge of new immigrants. 1.8 million likely for 2016. highest in u.s. history. 53% higher than just five years ago. by contrast, president oba...

Whatever, youd do. as a factual matter, puerto rico is 75% white, according to the u.s. census. im not sure how its -- im reading the census numbers. im not sure how thats racist. maybe he does not puerto ricans or maybe -- >> tucker, thats a great point that you bring up. a lot of people dont understand that, in puerto rico, you have the mixture of the african culture, the indian culture, and european culture. so there are many people such as myself -- look at my back on. i have asian, chinese ...

>> its not colonialism. >> tucker: as a factual matter, puerto rico is 75%en white, according to the u.s. census. im not sure how its -- im reading the census numbers. im not sure how thats racist. maybe he doesnt like puerto ricans or maybe -- >> tucker, thats a great t poit that you bring up. a lot of people dont understand that, in puerto rico, you have the mixture of the african culture, the indian culture, and european culture. so there are many people such as myself -- look at my backgroun...

As a factual matter, puerto rico is 75% white, according to the u.s. census. im not sure how its -- im reading the census numbers. im not sure how thats racist. maybe he does not puerto ricans or maybe -- >> tucker, thats a great point that you bring up. a lot of people dont understand that, in puerto rico, you have the mixture of the african culture, the indian culture, and european culture. so there are many people such as myself -- look at my back on. i have asian, chinese and me. there is a ...

Combination of those strategies. >> reporter: you are bringing back the jobs but they need to fill those positions so you have to bring back the people. >> the initial step is get the folks we have here to stop bleeding and we have changed. people were leaving because they didnt have hope but you look now at our data and we have 40,000 more occupied residents than we had 12 months ago. the next census numbers will be the first growth in detroit population in 60 years so it is a good time. >> rep...

Are not citizens in this country voted in this last election? >> well, i would dispute the 22 million. i think both the census numbers and others discount the number of illegal aliens -- >> say there are 11 million undocumented, then there are 33 million. its still a huge percentage. >> we dont think so. we think that the way the system is set up its institutionalized the fraud and has not only allowed it to cur but has facilitated and fostered the means through which it occurred. >> we dont thi...