Sunday, May 04, 2014

California's Latino Plurality Brings A Sense Of DéjàVu : Code Switch : NPR

California's Latino Plurality Brings A Sense Of DejaVu : Code Switch : NPR: In March, provided California state demographers guessed it right, the state reached a historic milestone: For the first time, Latinos are the largest population group in California.

California Department of Finance demographers predicted that by March, Latinos would outnumber non-Latino whites to become 39 percent of the state's population, while the latter would drop to about 38.8 percent. There won't be hard evidence for months to come, at least, but demographers are standing by their projection.