A Closer Look – Race, Ethnicity, and Minority Populations
While the total percentage of the population identifying themselves as a member of a racial minority group has not seen a substantial change since 2000, the distribution of race and ethnicity has changed. Since 2000, the percentage of the population that identifies as Hispanic or Latino (any race) has increased from 7.4% to 12.5%, while the Black or African American population has decreased by nearly 4.5%.
Hispanic or Latino percentage has grown significantly since 2000, when only 7.4% of residents identified as Hispanic or Latino.
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