Latinos pivotal to population growth in Arizona for the last decade
Latinos were pivotal to the population growth in Arizona in the last decade, comprising nearly half of the overall increase in residents since 2000, according to a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund analysis of newly released Census 2010 data.
But a new report by the Pew Hispanic Center reveals that Latinos accounted for over half of the overall US population growth since 2000.