The Latino population has become the largest ethnic group in California with 15 million people, the United States Census Bureau has confirmed today. According to census figures, California´s Latinos outnumber the 14.99 million non-Hispanic whites living in the state.
The Latino population has become the largest ethnic group in California with 15 million people, the United States Census Bureau has confirmed today. According to census figures, California´s Latinos outnumber the 14.99 million non-Hispanic whites living in the state.
It is the first time this happens in California, where the Anglo population started to decline in the 1970s.
The surge of the Latino population in the state coincides with an increase off this minority population in the country, reaching the 55.4 million people, according to recent figures.
Other regions with a large number of Latinos are Texas (10.41 million), Florida (4.78 million), New York (3.67 million) and New Mexico, where Latinos represent more than 47 percent of the state´s population.
Figures suggest that the community will continue to grow in other US territories, even in those with less presence like Kentucky, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and New Hampshire.
Source: PL