Census: Hispanics fastest growing minority population on LI

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Aug. 7--New Census figures show that Hispanics continue to be the fastest-growing minority population on Long Island while the white non-Hispanic population continues its long and slow decline. Hispanics increased 2.7 percent in both Nassau and Suffolk counties between 2006 and 2007, according to a U.S. Census Bureau breakdown of population estimates by age, gender, race and Hispanic origin being released today. Hispanics, who can be of any race, comprised 12.4 percent of Nassau residents in 2007, according to the census data, and 13.3 percent in Suffolk. Because the Census doesn't distinguish residents' citizenship in its surveys, the new figures may include some unknown number of undocumented immigrants. Overall, the data show that all minority groups have grown on Long Island between 2006... [read full story]