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Topic: The Impact of Hispanics As The Largest Minority In The United States

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Keywords: Hispanic, 'Hispanic Culture", Hispanic Food, "Impact of Hispanics', Hispanic Minorities in the U.S

__Notes:__ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/22/us/hispanics-now-largest-minority-census-shows.html: The New York Times is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18, 1851, y the New York Times Company.


 * The Hispanic population in the United States is now roughly 37 million while blacks number 36.2 million
 * There are 318.9 million people living in the United States.
 * Latino population grew by 4.7 percent, while the black population grew by just 1.5 percent. The White, non-Hispanic population, grew 0.3 percent with roughly 196 million people.
 * The growth in the Hispanic population results from higher birth rates and from the huge wave of immigration that has taken place in the last decade.
 * The 2000 census allowed respondents to choose more than one race in identifying themselves. Hispanics can be of any race.
 * In addition to their symbolic significance, the figures carry important implications for the allocation of resources. In recent years blacks and Hispanics have often felt in opposition in financing and political representation.
 * The speed of population shift has taken some demographers by surprise. "It came sooner than we thought," said Martha Farnsworth Riche, director of the Census Bureau during the Clinton administration.
 * The slim gap between blacks and Hispanics is expected to widen significantly in the next decade. Deteriorating economic conditions across Latin America will continue to spur immigration. The birth rate among Latinos is also higher than among blacks.
 * Researchers expect the spurt to level off in a generation or so as economic stability leads to lower fertility rates and Hispanic intermarry with other groups with some choosing the identity as black, some as white, and some as a combination of one or more ethic groups or races.
 * Much of the social and political impact of the population surge may not be immediately apparent. Roughly one quarter of Latinos living in the United States are non citizens. And while there has been a significant migration of Hispanics to cities in the South. Midwest, and central plains, more than 50 percent of the Latino population remains concentrated in Texas, California and New York.
 * The Census Bureau counts all people residing in the United States, whether they are legal immigrants or not.
 * "When you look at Latino and African-American communities, the elements of the agendas are not that different. We share many of the same issues, interests and values", says Sonia Perez.

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