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I walk down the street all the time and hear people speaking english. I went into a spanish bakery to buy coffee and the lady didn't know any english. I told her she has to learn english in order to succeed in America. I told her she will only get so far. Well she's now going to nightschool to learn english.

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HISPANIC POPULATION GROWTH INCREASES
The Shelbyville Times-Gazette ^ | 26 September 2003 | Anne Bullard


Posted on 09/27/2003 8:18 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin


The nation's Hispanic population is keeping up its explosive growth of the 1990s, led by states in the South and West, the first detailed Census Bureau estimates since the 2000 national head count show. Tennessee's 11.6 percent Hispanic population growth ranked 11th in the nation, from an estimated 125,330 in 2000 to 139,861 in 2002. The number of Hispanics in the United States grew by 8.6 percent.


Bedford County ranks fifth in the state in population growth (26.5 percent) and ninth in overall population, with an estimated 3,619 residents. Hispanic activists and people who work with the Hispanic population estimate these numbers to be off as much as 50 percent.