New Census Milestone: Hispanics Reach 50 Million
by Hope Yen, Associated Press
Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the last decade, exceeding estimates in most states as they crossed a new census milestone: 50 million, or 1 in 6 Americans.
Meanwhile, more than 9 million Americans checked two or more race categories on their 2010 census forms, up 32 percent from 2000, a sign of burgeoning multiracial growth in an increasingly minority nation.
The Census Bureau late last week released its first set of national-level findings from the 2010 count on race and migration, detailing a decade in which rapid minority growth, aging Whites and the housing boom and bust were the predominant story lines.
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