Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Inland Empire had nation's largest influx of Latinos in last decade, study finds

CALIFORNIA

A new study has found that the Inland Empire had the largest increase in Latino population of any metropolitan region in the nation during the last decade.





The Brookings Institute study is the latest to underscore the dramatic demographic trends occurring in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, which saw significant growth in the last decade.

An examination of census data last year found that the construction boom of the early 2000s helped fuel the increase in Latino population. As hundreds of thousands of immigrants chased construction and service jobs...

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