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A Shock to the Census

By Juan Gonzalez

The biggest shock to emerge so far from preliminary results of the 2000 Census has been the enormous growth in the nation’s Hispanic population. The number of Latinos residing in the 50 states jumped by nearly 60 percent, from 22.4 million in 1990 to 35.3 million last year. For the first time in U.S. history, the Hispanic-origin population drew virtually even… return to article

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