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Explore America's changing demographics and the stories behind them. "The New Deciders," a special AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS WITH MARIA HINOJOSA presentation, premiered September 6, 2016 on PBS.

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Season 1 Episode 1 | 26m 1s | CC

In the last few decades, the town of Clarkston has undergone a significant demographic shift. Whites made up almost 90% of the residents of this small town in Georgia in 1980, but by 2012 over 80% of Clarkston residents were non-white. How are these rapid changes affecting this small town? Watch the full episode to find out.

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Funding for AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS is provided by The California Endowment, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Druckenmiller Foundation, Ford Foundation, PBS, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.