U.S. Census Tracks Two Major Demographic 'Waves'

12 August 2005 - 8:00am

The nation's two largest minorities are moving in different directions.

"Hispanics are moving to areas with few from their ethnic group; African-Americans are moving to suburbs in the South that have large black populations, Census estimates released Thursday show."

"'These are two major waves in America,' says William Frey, demographer at the Brookings Institution in Washington. 'One is the black return to the South. The other is Hispanics going to places where everybody else is moving, following the jobs.'"

Source: USA Today, August 11, 2005
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