Hispanic population reaches record 55 million, but growth has cooled
*While the U.S. Latino population continues to grow, there are some changes to report. The growth rate is slowing, and there is evidence that Latinos are dispersing widely across the country. VL
By Jens Manuel Kroogstad and Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Hispanic Center
The U.S. Hispanic population has been a key driver of the country’s population growth since at least 2000. But the group’s growth has slowed in recent years, and that trend continued in 2014, as evidenced by new figures released early today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
[pullquote]The data showed no change in ranking among the states with the highest Hispanic populations.[/pullquote]The Hispanic population reached a new high of 55.4 million in 2014 (or 17.4% of the total U.S. population), an increase of 1.2 million (2.1%) from the year before. However, that 2.1% rate continues a trend of slower growth that began in 2010.
[pullquote][tweet_dis]The Hispanic population reached a new high of 55.4 million in 2014.[/tweet_dis][/pullquote]Hispanic population growth had peaked earlier, in the 1990s. From 1995 to 2000, annual average growth was 4.8%, and growth has declined since then. From 2010 to 2014, the annual average growth had dropped to 2.2%.
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