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Hispanic population growth in the Census

  • 1.  Hispanic population growth in the Census

    Posted 4 days ago

    also from REFORMA listserv

    JUNE 27, 2024 – Between 2022 and 2023, the Hispanic population accounted for just under 71% of the overall growth of the United States population, driven primarily by Hispanic births, according to newly released Vintage 2023 Population Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Hispanics of any race grew to  just over 65 million, an increase of 1.16 million (1.8%) from the prior year. This growth significantly contributed to the nation's total population gain of 1.64 million in 2023.
    "The Hispanic population is expanding at a substantially faster rate than the non-Hispanic population, primarily due to natural increase, that is, more births than deaths," said Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Census Bureau's Population Division. "The annual increase of 1.8% was in sharp contrast to the 0.2%  increase in the non-Hispanic population, whose growth was tempered by a decline among non-Hispanic Whites, the largest demographic within the non-Hispanic category and the only one to experience a population loss."


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    Corliss Lee
    American Cultures Librarian
    University of California - Berkeley
    She/Her/Hers
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