And you thought we were already a diverse population, but just wait til all the youth grow up. -- New census figures show that while 53.3 percent of the state population is made up of people traditionally regarded as "minorities," they make up fully 65.2 percent of this state's children. Conversely whites, who constitute 46.7 percent of Californians as a whole, are a mere 34.8 percent of the state's youth.