Changing face of America

Rapidly shifting demographics are expected to sweep across the American landscape, reshaping it into a significantly older and more racially and ethnically diverse population by midcentury, according to new U.S. census projections set to be released today.Tony Castro in the Daily News.

Among the changes expected are that by 2050, the number of Latinos in the country is expected to double to account for almost one in three U.S. residents, according to the data.

"Coming to your neighborhood soon - the Los Angeles experience," said population dynamics expert James Ballard, a sociology professor at California State University, Northridge.