Is the Growth of the U.S. Latino Population Slowing Down?
Latinos are no longer the fastest-growing population in United States. The growth and dispersion of the Latino population has slowed since 2007, when the Great Recession started, immigration from Latin America cooled and Latino fertility rates began to fall, according to a new report by Pew Research Center. The U.S. Latino population still grew annually by 2.8% on average from 2007-2014, but that is much slower than its 4.4% growth rate from 2000-2007 and 5.8% in the 1990s. Asians now are the fastest rising U.S. population, with a 3.4% growth rate since 2007. Latino population dispersion, while still evident, also is slowing. For example, the share of U.S. counties with at least 1,000 Hispanics grew 8 percentage points from 38% to 46% from 2000-2007, but just 4 percentage ...
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