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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hispanics accounted
for just over half of the overall population growth in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> since 2000 - a significant new
demographic milestone for the nation's largest minority group, a new <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pew</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hispanic</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> report released
today finds.<br>
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The report, </span></font><a
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Settlement in the New Century,"</a><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> includes a series of web-based
interactive maps that illustrate the size and spread of Hispanic population
growth since 1980, including easy access to detailed state and county-level
data. It also presents a list of the counties with the largest Hispanic
populations, as well as a list of those counties with the fastest-growing
Hispanic populations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In case
the link above does not work for you, you can access the report through the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pew</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hispanic</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s Web site
at <a href="http://www.pewhispanic.org/">www.pewhispanic.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Gail J. Price<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Multimedia Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Literacy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<st1:State w:st="on">KY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">40202</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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