Hispanic immigrants come to North Iowa for a variety of reasons

Posted on: January 7th, 2008
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“Since 1999 the Latino population in a nine-county area of North Iowa has grown from 3,083 to 4,794 in 2006, according to the State Library of Iowa, State Data Center Program.

In Franklin County the Latino population has more than than quadrupled from 256 in 1999 to 1,146 in 2006, making up 10.7 percent of the population. Wright County’s Latino population has increased six-fold in a decade, from 166 in 1999 to 1,025 in 2006. A total of 7.6 percent of the county’s population is Latino.”*

*From: http://www.globegazette.com
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