Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000, by Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center, October 23, 2008
“Since the turn of the century, Hispanics have accounted for more than half (50.5%) of the overall population growth in the United States — a significant new demographic milestone for the nation’s largest minority group. From April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2007, the Hispanic population grew by 10.2 million to 45.5 million, an increase of 29%. During this same period, the much larger non-Hispanic population of the U.S. grew by 10 million, an increase of just 4%. As of mid-2007, Hispanics made up 15.1% of the total U.S. population but accounted for a majority of the nation’s total population growth since 2000. During the 1990s, the Hispanic population also expanded rapidly, but over the course of that decade its growth accounted for less than 40% of the rise in the nation’s total population.
Accompanying this report, the Pew Hispanic Center is releasing a series of interactive maps that illustrate the size and spread of Hispanic population growth since 1980.”
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