Births replace migration as main force in population growth.
As the percentage of whites decreases, the burgeoning Latino population will account for almost a third of the state's 34 million people in 2000. As Latinos become a bigger group, that becomes a bigger issue. The latest state population forecast is contained in a report compiled by the California Research Bureau, the state library's research arm. The report, scheduled to be released this week, shows how California has changed demographically since 1940 and how it will continue to do so in the future. There are four major demographic shifts occurring in California, including the rapidly diversifying population, the report concludes.