Axios' Stef Kight unpacks the big, inexorable changes to expect:
How we look: We'll be older and less white.
Only 45% of 30-year-olds will be non-Hispanic whites in 2040.
Minorities will become the majority in the U.S. by 2045.
There will be more old people than children for the first time.
More than 1 in 5 Americans will be over the age of 65, putting a new level of stress on the nation's Social Security and health care systems.
Immigrants will make up a record-breaking share of the population and will have a crucial role in carrying the economic load created by the elderly Boomers and Gen X-ers.
What we believe: Islam will surpass Judaism as the second most popular religion in the U.S. by 2040, according to the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project.
The share of Christians will be falling.
Nearly 1 in 4 Americans will be unaffiliated with religion, including 30% of 30-to-44 year-olds. In 2010, just 18% of the same age group was unaffiliated.
Globally, there will be just as many 30-to-44 year-old Muslims as Christians of the same age.
Where we live: The vast majority of the U.S. population (87%) will live in urban areas, according to UN projections. Axios
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