Minorities make up 63% of state's new residents
Percentage of whites dips
The Arizona Republic
Arizona's growth is fueled mainly by minorities, the latest census estimates showed Thursday.
From spring 2000 to summer 2005, minorities accounted for nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of the state's new residents.
Among highlights of the 5 1/4-year period:
● The state added 808,660 people for a total of just under 6 million.
● Hispanics, growing about three times as fast as nonminorities, accounted for about half (49 percent) of all growth. They now number 1.7 million.
● Other minorities, including blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders and people of mixed race, grew collectively at more than twice the rate of nonminorities. They now total almost 658,000.
● The non-Hispanic white population grew by 9 percent. It now makes up 60 percent of the state, a decline from 64 percent in 2000.
The Arizona Republic
Arizona's growth is fueled mainly by minorities, the latest census estimates showed Thursday.
From spring 2000 to summer 2005, minorities accounted for nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of the state's new residents.
Among highlights of the 5 1/4-year period:
● The state added 808,660 people for a total of just under 6 million.
● Hispanics, growing about three times as fast as nonminorities, accounted for about half (49 percent) of all growth. They now number 1.7 million.
● Other minorities, including blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders and people of mixed race, grew collectively at more than twice the rate of nonminorities. They now total almost 658,000.
● The non-Hispanic white population grew by 9 percent. It now makes up 60 percent of the state, a decline from 64 percent in 2000.
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