Hispanic Population Growing Fast in U.S.
According to census statistics, the hispanic population is booming in the U.S.
"In the months following the 2000 census, the number of Latinos who were born in the United States or who immigrated to the country grew at more than twice the rate of African Americans.... In 2001, according to the new figures, that deadlock was even tighter: 37.7 million people identified either as black, or as black and one other race. Thirty-seven million Hispanics were counted."
"It doesn't surprise me," said Hector Flores, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens. "Anybody that travels around . . . can see Latinos everywhere, working everywhere, paying taxes, trying to reach the American dream."
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