¡PUNTO FINAL! THE CHANGING U.S. DEMOGRAPHY; IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

From: The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education | Date: September 23, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Never have major national newspapers and magazines covered Latino population growth as intensely as they did after the U.S. Census 2000 reports were released last spring. Latinos, now at 35.3 million, represent 13 percent of the U.S. population, surpassing Blacks for the first time in U.S. history and leading all population groups in growth from 1990 to 2000-58 percent.

The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that minority populations will continue to outpace non-minorities over the next 50 years. Over the past 10 years, Latina fertility and birth rates were the highest of all groups -- averaging ...

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