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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., June 18 (UPI) -- America's Hispanic population grew much faster than the population as a whole over two years, becoming the nation's largest minority community.
The Census Bureau says the nation's Hispanic population increased from 35.3 million on April 1, 2000, to 38.8 million on July 1, 2002.
Among racial groups, Asians had the highest rate of growth at 9.0 percent.
Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon said: "The official population estimates now indicate the Hispanic community is the nation's largest minority community."
He told the League of United Latin American Citizens meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., new population estimates show the Hispanic population grew 9.8 percent between Census Day, April 1, 2000, and July 1, 2002. The rate of growth of the population as a whole was 2.5 percent.
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