Marin County will no longer be the bastion of wealthy white people that it is today in about 50 years, according to new projections by the California Department of Finance. It's a trend across California as a whole, where the populations of Hispanic and Asian residents are increasing, and it's happening slower in Marin. But it is happening. And white people are expected to represent a demographic that's 50% smaller in the county by 2060.
White folk currently represent 72% of Marin's population, and that number is expected to drop to 50% over the next 50 years, with the Asian and Hispanic numbers growing over that period.
Statewide, the Hispanic population is expected to equal that of whites, at around 39%, by the middle of this year, and will surpass whites by early 2014.
See the full projected breakdown here.
[Marin IJ]