Welcome, newest Tar Heels: Demographics of the South are changing

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Posted on: October 4th, 2006
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“¿Se hab-la español? If not, it’s time to learn a new language. Everywhere, there are indications that ours is a society in transition. Spanish-version fast-food menus, a growing number of tiendas, and bilingual signs in retail stores illustrate the fact that the demographics of the South are changing.

Most who have arrived during the past decade are Mexican immigrants; the collective result of their relocation has been the establishment of a larger Hispanic presence than has ever existed in our region. North Carolina has experienced a dramatic Latino growth rate, with a Hispanic population increase of more than 394 percent between 1990 and 2000.”

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