Report: One out of every four Cobb residents will be Hispanic by 2040

By 2040, Cobb County will have fewer white people and significantly more Hispanics.

That according to a population forecast by the Atlanta Regional Commission, an intergovernmental agency that compiles, tracks and analyzes data for 10 metro-area counties. The projection estimates that Cobb will add nearly 114,000 Hispanic residents by 2040, increasing the group's share of the county's overall population to just over 24 percent. 

Over the same time period, Cobb is expected to lose about 26,000 white residents, dropping its share of the total population from 54 to less than 42 percent.

The county's black population is expected to increase by about 30,000 but drop an overall percentage point . "Other," the only other "race" included in the ARC's estimates, is predicted to grow from about 7 percent of the total population to 10.

Overall, the county is projected to grow to just over 885,000 residents by 2040 -- a net increase of about 157,000 people.