Census: Minorities Account For Most Of The Population Growth Since 2000 : The Two-Way : NPR: Based on the first national numbers released by the Census Bureau, the AP reports that minorities account for '90 percent of the total U.S. growth since 2000, due to immigration and higher birth rates for Latinos.'
We reported last week, that the Pew Hispanic Center extrapolated from the numbers released for states and found that Latinos accounted for 58 percent of the population growth during the last decade. The Latino population is expected to come in at just over 50 million.
The AP reports that Asians, for the first time, had a larger 'numeric gain than African-Americans, who remained the second largest minority group at roughly 37 million.'
