In the modern world, ethnicities are merging at a rapid rate and many people are now the product of a mixed race heritage. National Geographic took a look into what they believe the average American will look like in 2050 and it is truly enlightening.
Kelly Williams II, 17, Dallas, Texas
Self-ID: African American and German/multiracial
Census Boxes Checked: black
Sandra Williams, 46, Chicago, Illinois
Self-ID: biracial/“human being”
Census Boxes Checked: black
Daisy Fencl, 3, San Antonio, Texas
Parents’ ID for her: Korean and Hispanic
Census Boxes Checked: has not yet been counted
Christopher Braxton, 33, Brooklyn, New York
Self-ID: half African American, half Korean/Blasian
Census Boxes Checked: black/Korean
Maya Joi Smith, 9, Cary, Illinois
Self-ID: black and Asian/Korean and African American
Census Boxes Checked: black
Ariel Toole, 14, Chicago, Illinois
Self-ID: mixed race/multiracial
Census Boxes Checked: white/black/Vietnamese
Tevah Jones, 22, Grants Pass, Oregon
Self-ID: Trinidadian American/colored
Census Boxes Checked: white/black
Solomon Hsiang, 29, San Francisco, California
Self-ID: Chinese and Jewish eastern European
Census Boxes Checked: white/Chinese
Jesse Lee, 32, New York, New York
Self-ID: half Chinese, quarter Swedish, quarter French
Census Boxes Checked: Chinese
Joshua Ahsoak, 34, Anchorage, Alaska
Self-ID: Jewish and Inupiat Eskimo/“Juskimo”
Census Boxes Checked: Alaska Native
Jakara Hubbard, 28, Monee, Illinois
Self-ID: mixed
Census Boxes Checked: white/black
Gabriela Guizzo, 5, Rockville Centre, New York
Self-ID: “A little of everything”
Census Boxes Checked: white/Japanese
Hosanna Marshall, 32, New York, New York
Self-ID: African American, Native American, white, and Jewish
Census Boxes Checked: black
Helen Robertson, 54, Los Angeles, California
Self-ID: English
Census Boxes Checked: white/Asian
Jacob Benavente, 5, Torrance, California
Self-ID: American
Census Boxes Checked: Asian/native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander
Harold Fisch, 23, Austin, Texas
Self-ID: eastern European, Puerto Rican, Jewish, Texan
Census Boxes Checked: other
Lula Newman, 7, New York, New York
Self-ID: Chinese, Indonesian, German, Polish, Welsh
Census Boxes Checked: white/Chinese/other Asian
Oona Wally, 25, Brooklyn, New York
Self-ID: Chinese and Jewish/Caucasian
Census Boxes Checked: white/Chinese
Cameron Benjamin, 22, Los Angeles, California
Self-ID: Hawaiian, Chinese, and Caucasian
Census Boxes Checked: white/Chinese/native Hawaiian
Mars Wright, 25, Austin, Texas
Self-ID: mostly Filipino and black
Census Boxes Checked: black/Filipino
Mariyam Nayeri, 33, Brooklyn, New York
Self-ID: Mexican and Saudi
Census Boxes Checked: some other race
Alexander Sugiura, 27, Brooklyn, New York
Self-ID: American, ethnically Jewish
Census Boxes Checked: Japanese
Yudah Holman, 29, Los Angeles, California
Self-ID: half Thai, half black
Census Boxes Checked: other Asian
Themba Alleyne, 30, Los Angeles, California
Self-ID: multiracial/“I check every box.”
Census Boxes Checked: white/black/American Indian/Asian Indian/Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander
Adrian Adrid, 24, Haleiwa, Hawaii
Self-ID: white
Census Boxes Checked: white/Filipino
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