South Carolina’s Hispanic population fastest growing in nation From: goupstate.com

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today revealed that South Carolina’s Hispanic population showed the biggest percentage increase in the nation. Hispanics now account for 15 percent of the total United States population and remain the largest minority group.

The Census showed that as of July 1, 2007, there were an estimated 45.5 million Hispanics in America — an increase of 1.4 million people since July 2006. The U.S. population totaled 301.6 million.

Numbers for South Carolina showed a population increase of about 77,600 people for a total of 4,407,709. The state’s Hispanic population increased by 8.37 percent in one year. It was the largest percentage increase in the United States, followed by Tennessee with an 8.10 percent increase and North Carolina, which showed an increase of 7.81 percent. Nationally, the Hispanic population grew by 3.3 percent.”*

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