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Went up to 16.7% in 2011. now, this all has implications as the new wave of minority children reaches voting age and as they enter the school system as well. already latinos and african-americans are less likely to graduate from high school and to enroll for college than non-hispanic whites. their enrollment rates have increased recently because of the poor economy, but the challenge according to some demographers will be educating the new minority student population to keep the nation competitive. experts predict that minorities will be the majority of the entire u.s. population sometime afte...

Years, 49.6% were white, 50.4% were not. steve centanni is on that, national comes respondent. what accounts for the growing number of minorities. >> an aging population of white baby boomers and rising number of newer immigrants and minorities. it's important to note this tipping point would be reached, but nobody knew when it would happen. a lot is driven by the hispanic immigration and birth rates. hispanics are the largest group, 52 million in 2011, they're growing at about 3.1% since 2010 and they now account for 16.7% of the population, or at least they did in 2011. that is up from 16.3%...

Pretty good shape though it's going to be a very, very tough election. >> let's go ahead and keep these battleground map state itself. as we look at this, doug, which states do you think the swing states, that is, the republicans really have the best chance, where republicans should be focusing the efforts? >> first and foremost is my home state, brad's home state of north carolina. look at what we saw in the republican elections and also the state house -- state senate elections. we not only won an important house seat but took over the state house, took over the state senate. independent vot...

morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning it is friday, october 14th. welcome to "american morning." it's a good morning on many levels. >> the tigers won. >> that's what i was going to say. the rangers are one game away from clinching it, and i kept think, well that means the tigers could still win. >> did you see the sixth ining? crazy. a single, a double, a triple and home run in one inning. i don't think that's ever happened in baseball before. the double kareemed off third base. the only reason it turned into a double and that was the turning point. >> there...

In a bold and strategic way. i'd rather republicans acknowledge that there are structural impediments and inequalities that persist. we talk about health care despairty, economic inequality, the fact that the wages of black people fell post-recession and the median income by 9.2%. the unemployment is 16.7%. one out of two black men in new york cannot get a job right now. and the disproportionate concentration of african-americans in the prison system. we can talk about the persistence of structural inequities as well as cultural bigotry that -- and that keep them down. there's no question that...