Latino population
The decade-long expansion of the Latino population across the nation slowed in 2008, new U.S. census data show. Though much of the South and Northeast continued to experience Latino growth, the rate was lower.
Latino growth rate (by county)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ESRI
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