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WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- Hispanic and Asian populations in the United States are growing at much higher rates than the overall population, the U.S. Census Bureau said Monday.
People of Hispanic background totaled 39.9 million on July 1, 2003, and accounted for about half of the 9.4 million residents added to the U.S. populations since Census 2000, the bureau reported. Hispanics make up the largest minority group in the United States.
The Hispanic population growth rate of 13.0 percent over the period was nearly four times the total population growth rate of 3.3 percent.
The number of people who reported to be of Asian background grew to 13.5 million, an increase of 12.5 percent.
The growth rate for other ethnic groups included a 5.8 percent gain to 960,000 for native Hawaiian and other Pacific islanders; and a 4.4 percent increase for blacks to 38.7 million people.
The 3.3 percent increase for American Indians and Alaska natives, to a total population of 4.4 million, matched the national growth rate, while the increase of 2.8 percent to 237.9 million whites, was below the U.S. rate.
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