Texas: Hispanics taking population lead

DALLAS morning news. ^ | 8/9/2010 | DIANNE SOLÍS

[dragnet2]

Hispanics for the first time outnumber non-Hispanic whites in Dallas County by a slim margin, U.S. Census Bureau numbers show...

Texas was officially deemed a majority-minority state two years ago. But county by county, the state is becoming increasingly Hispanic, the Census Bureau reported in its 2006 update.

In Dallas County, minorities made up nearly 64 percent of residents in 2006, with Hispanics making up 37.7 percent of the population, compared with 36.1 for non-Hispanic whites.

The sweep of change – brought on largely by Texas births by Hispanic women – has tipped nearly every major urban area of the state into what the Census Bureau terms "majority-minority" status.

The latest census numbers and their illustration of Hispanic growth come as the nation continues a vitriolic debate over immigration – both legal and illegal and largely Hispanic.

Texas school districts have offered bilingual education for more than three decades.

But in recent years, with a surge in the number of students with limited English skills, districts have changed their strategies, offering stipends to teachers with bilingual ability....

[McLynnan]

Thats because Texans don’t seem to mind the hispanics flooding the state at all!!! now if it was someone coming in from a different state in the U.S. ...especially a northern state,then they throw a fit.

You really need to get out more.

[dragnet2]

Kinda gives new meaning to the old ad campaign: "It's a whole other country!" The new state motto's going to have to be "forget that Alamo thing..."

Yep...

[annelizly]

I did. I lived there.