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Hispanic population outstrips estimates

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Recently sworn in Corp. Pablo Olvera shakes hands with Brent Glass, Director of the National Museum of American History, after taking the oath of citizenship at a naturalization ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington on September 20, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
Recently sworn in Corp. Pablo Olvera shakes hands with Brent Glass, Director of the National Museum of American History, after taking the oath of citizenship at a naturalization ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington on September 20, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch 
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Published: March. 15, 2011 at 9:04 AM

WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- At 38.7 million, the Hispanic population in the United States is larger than expected, an analysis of the 2010 Census by the Pew Hispanic Center indicates.

The 2010 Census counted nearly 600,000 more Hispanics than estimated in 28 states, the Pew Center said Tuesday.

The gap between the 2010 count and estimates of the Hispanic population by the Census Bureau were widest in states with relatively small Hispanic populations, Pew said.

It was more than 10 percent higher than expected in Alabama, Louisiana and Kansas.

"Hispanics are in some places growing faster than we had thought," said Pew demographer Jeffrey Passel. "This sort of broad pattern suggests immigration into these new areas was a bit higher."

Data released from 33 states indicated Hispanics accounted for 58 percent of population growth in the past decade.

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