Census report shows huge increase in Hispanic population in past 10 years

Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
June 11, 2010

• A d v e r t i s e m e n t

Maybe it’s immigration.

Or maybe it’s just reproduction.

But in new figures Thursday from the Census Bureau the number of Hispanics in 14 of Arizona’s 15 counties is increasing faster than all other groups.

A lot.

In fact, just the growth in the year ending July 1 has finally pushed the Hispanic population in Pima County above the one-third mark. At the beginning of the decade the figure was less than 30 percent.

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This article was posted: Friday, June 11, 2010 at 10:00 am

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