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Utah Experiences Infusion of Diversity

Salt Lake City, Utah's largest urban center, grew for the second consecutive decade and the state's long-standing majority-white population is slowly being eroded by a growing Hispanic and Asian presence, according to 2010 Census results released on Feb. 24.     The changes are more apparent among the young: almost one in four Utah residents under 18 is a minority. The Census numbers show about 10,000 more Hispanics in the state than demographers had estimated. Still, whites who are not Hispanic account for more than half the state's overall growth of 24% to 2.8 million. The Hispanic population grew 78% to more than 358,000. Click here to read more.
 
 



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