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

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

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August 12, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"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.'"

Thanks to David Jacot

FULL STORY: Census tracks 'major waves'

Thursday, August 11, 2005 in USA Today

Social / Demographics United States

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