Navy, which has one of the largest submarine fleets worldwide, is sure to be impacted if underwater vessels become ineffective. In , three-quarters of the population in America was Christian, according to the Pew Research Center. By , the number will drop to two-thirds, decreasing by about Meanwhile, the Jewish population will lose its second place spot as the largest non-Christian religion, replaced by Muslims who will become the second most populous religion in the U.
With the number of non-white people in America growing as its Caucasian population shrinks, voting constituencies are shifting dramatically for both Republicans and Democrats. With white voters no longer making up the majority, the goals of politicians will shift.
Although it's hard to predict exactly what their platforms will look like, it's safe to assume that politicians on both sides on the aisle will consider people of color more when establishing their positions on issues.
In the years right before , more than half of all U. As we move toward , this decrease is expected to continue as people have fewer kids with the figure getting close to zero by that point in time. As telemedicine advances in both popularity and efficacy, patients will have fewer reasons to go to hospitals in the first place—and when they do, they will often interact with doctors who are not on site, possibly even in different parts of the country.
In an interview with the Guardian , Lorna Ross of the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation said by , American patients will likely limit hospital visits to emergencies and surgical procedures as self-monitoring and virtual care becomes the norm for day-to-day health care.
By the same token, many doctors in the hospitals will use virtual reality and perform telesurgeries. Recent numbers indicate that divorce rates are shrinking among millennials, especially compared to the boomer generation, which saw major increases in marital separations. Due to the aging baby boomer population, medical experts have predicted that the number of people living with Alzheimer's disease will triple between and According to a study published in Neurology, the increase will present challenges to the health care system.
As autonomous vehicles explode onto the scene over the next decade or two, commercial fleets will be impacted, too. For the nation's fleet of million commercial trucks and 1. Cabbies, bus drivers, and delivery drivers will be impacted as well. Although it's unlikely truckers will ever disappear completely, the new technology will shrink the population to the point of virtual obsolescence. According to the CDC, 1 in 3 people in the United States will have Type 2 diabetes by unless there is a major shift in lifestyle trends.
Currently, an estimated The figure is about 9. On top of those present-day figures, another Although printed books aren't anticipated to disappear completely for another 50 to years , it's inevitable that by , far fewer will remain.
While print books are still the most popular reading format, audiobooks and digital readers are increasing in popularity every year. A combination of more extreme weather mixed with increased power usage will lead to a higher frequency of large-scale, citywide blackouts. In places that are crowded and congested, particularly in the northeast, the blackouts will be even worse.
Researchers in London recently released a study suggesting that by , almost no one under the age of 80 will die of cancer. The improvement will be due to a combination of genetic research, better screening and diagnostic tools, new treatment procedures, and decreasing levels of tobacco smoking. Rather than having a dozen teenagers working the drive-thru or manning the cash register, American fast-food restaurants will be almost completely automated by Places like McDonald's will still offer the same menu items but will have self-serve touch screens in place for placing orders and robotic assembly lines in the kitchen that will make your food.
A hamburger restaurant in California is already using an early version of a burger-flipping robot that can grill burgers per hour. The decade-long Dust Bowl drought that plagued big parts of the country during the Great Depression will pale in comparison to the mega-drought many climatologists are predicting.
The drought would prompt dust storms and wipe out trees and agriculture from California to Iowa. Written by: Rachel Cavanaugh. Republish this story. Read on to get a sneak peek of the future. We'll travel between cities in a human propulsion network. There will be three times as many people. Debt will nearly double. It will be as hot as the Middle East in some U.
There will be many more elderly people. The economy will lag behind China and India. NASA could have a human colony on the Moon. There will be even more women than men. Rich Niewirowski Jr. People of color will be the majority. Fewer Americans will be getting married. Twice as many people will ski. American homes will have heat and lights that follow you around. One-third of Manhattan will be below sea level. Latinos will be nearly a third of the population.
Marvel Studios. Fewer people will be completely uneducated. Tall buildings will be miniature cities. Colleges and high schools won't use textbooks anymore. Urban cities will eclipse rural areas. He noted that population projections can change over time, especially given changes in immigration patterns.
Fifty-nine million people, he said, have entered the United States since as immigrants, an influx that has been a key driver of population growth overall and has significantly changed our racial and ethnic composition. Making the connection between changing demographics and a strong future economy, Boushey highlighted productivity growth as a critical factor in how the country will be able to adapt and respond in the years ahead. She noted that in coming decades, we will have fewer workers per retiree.
About a third of both parties predict that the relative size of the upper class will increase. The public is uncertain whether the troubled state of race relations today will still be a feature of American life in Unlike the large differences that mark views of blacks and whites on many race-related questions, the racial divide on this question is narrower.
Optimism about the future of race relations is closely related to educational attainment. Other findings suggest the public thinks barriers that have blocked some groups from leadership positions in politics may ease in the future.
Expectations of a female president are broadly shared. Eight-in-ten or more men and women, whites, blacks and Hispanics, and Republicans and Democrats predict there will be a woman in the White House by When Americans predict what the economic circumstances of the average family will be in , they do so with more trepidation than hope.
While comparatively few Americans predict a better standard of living for families, minorities are somewhat more likely than whites to be optimistic.
The public also is broadly pessimistic about the economic fortunes of older Americans during the next 30 years. The public does see at least one bright spot ahead for older Americans. However, the public is broadly pessimistic about the trajectory of health care costs over the next 30 years. Say "Alexa, enable the Pew Research Center flash briefing". It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values.
Even in a polarized era, the survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions. Pew Research Center now uses as the last birth year for Millennials in our work.
President Michael Dimock explains why. The vast majority of U. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.
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