Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Study: Minority Population Patterns Changing

Study: Minority Population Patterns Changing: "The nation's racial and ethnic patterns are changing dramatically this decade, according to a study released today: Many Hispanic and Asian residents have staked a claim to new metropolitan areas. Black Americans have accelerated their migration to the South. And many large regions are losing white residents to smaller ones.

The nation's Asian and Hispanic populations, which are growing faster than those of whites or blacks, are less likely this decade than in the past to move to traditional immigrant centers, the study by Brookings Institution demographer William H. Frey found. Frey based his work on Census Bureau population race and ethnic group estimates for 2000 through 2004."

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