Garcia, Edwin.

New Census Figures Show Dramatic Minority Growth. / Edwin Garcia and others. - Knight-Ridder, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 13. Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: New Census Figures Show Dramatic Minority Growth, March 13, 2001; pp. 1A+.

"After a decade of breakneck immigration from Asia and Latin America, the United States has become dramatically more racially diverse than at any time in its history, with Hispanics vaulting into parity with blacks as the nation's largest minority group." (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS) This article provides U.S. Census Bureau data on race and ethnicity that indicate a dramatic growth within the Hispanic and Asian populations, thus creating a balance of power shift among minority groups.

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African Americans--Population.
Census.
Ethnicity--Classification.
Hispanic Americans--Population.
Population--Statistics.
Race--Classification.
Racially mixed people.

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