-Caveat Lector- Hispanic Population up 60 Percent NewsMax.com Wires WASHINGTON (UPI) � The Hispanic population in the United States has risen nearly 60 percent since 1990 and is now roughly equal to that of blacks, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. New figures from the 2000 census also reveal a higher-than-expected number of blacks who included themselves in more than one race. One in 20 residents who identified themselves as black � 1.76 million people � also checked at least one other race in the 2000 census, which allowed that option for the first time. The number of Americans who described themselves as Hispanic grew by nearly 60 percent in the census and now totals 35.3 million, about 3 million more than the Census Bureau had predicted. "It's appropriate perhaps that it's happened at the beginning of the new century," said Harry Pachon, director of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, a Latino think tank in suburban Los Angeles. "It's a present-day reality of what the United States has become. You have to be aware of the richness of ethnic life in this country." The unexpected increase in Hispanics is probably due mainly to high levels of immigration and poor counting in the past, the Post said. Because Hispanics can be of any race, a portion would also be counted as blacks, whites, Asians and American Indians. Hispanics are generally considered to be people whose ancestors are from Spanish- speaking countries. In the United States, about two-thirds of Hispanics are of Mexican descent. One in 12 black children younger than 18 also were reported as belonging to more than one race, many of them from the nation's growing number of interracial marriages. Among blacks 50 and older, 2.3 percent designated themselves as being more than one race. Urban Institute demographer Jeffrey Passell, who found the figures on the Census Bureau's Web site, said the multiracial numbers for blacks wre "substantially higher" than could have been forecast based on intermarriage and mixed-race birth certificates. "It looks to me like it's a lot of people acknowledging ancestors who might have been a number of generations ago," Passell said. "It demonstrates a willingness, a desire to report more details about their genealogy." Copyright 2001 by United Press International. All rights reserved. Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics: Immigration / Borders at www.NewsMax.com http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/3/7/174140.shtml <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
