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Census: Hispanics Fuel Nebraska Population Growth
Hispanics accounted for 63 percent of the growth
Nebraska State Paper
March 3, 2011
The new federal census shows Nebraska’s population increased by 115,078 in the last ten years. For the most part, the growth is all about Hispanics.
The just-released 2010 census says there are 1.8 million Nebraskans.
Hispanics accounted for 63 percent of the state’s overall growth. Nebraska has 167,405 Hispanic residents; that number is up nearly 73,000 since the 2000 census.
Most of the overall population growth was in the eastern part of the state, and most of that growth was in Douglas, Lancaster or Sarpy counties. More than half of the state’s population lives in one of those counties.