Hispanics account for half of U.S. population growth between 2004 and 2005 By: Danay Escanaverino - Topic: Marketing - Date: May 10, 2006

Hispanics account for half of U.S. population growth between 2004 and 2005

Hispanics continue to be the country's fastest-growing minority, accounting for almost half of the national population growth between 2004 and 2005, census figures released today show.

The boom is part of profound demographic changes in the United States, where one-third of residents now identify themselves as minorities. The minority population reached 98 million in 2005, or 33 percent of the country's 296.4 million inhabitants.

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