WASHINGTON - The number of Hispanics in Hall County increased by 50 percent over the past five years - and Latinos now account for a fourth of the county's population.
The Census Bureau reports that the Latino population in the county climbed to more than 41,000 last year. It was just over 27,000 six years ago at the time of the last census. At the time of the 1990 census, the Hispanic population here was about 4,500.
Hall County's overall population is now estimated at 161,000, by the Census Bureau.
The new estimates show there are 625,000 Hispanics in Georgia - that's 7.1 percent of the population. According to the estimates, the Latino population in Georgia rose 45 percent during the five-year period.
Hispanics may be growing as a minority group in Georgia, but blacks are gaining ground as a percentage of the overall population, too, if not as rapidly.
The percentage of blacks in Georgia increased from 28.7 to 29.2.
The figures for the state reflect a growing diversity in America that has reached almost every state. The nation's minority groups make up an increasing share of the population in all but West Virginia, according to Census Bureau estimates.
Immigrants legal and illegal make up a growing portion of the population in 46 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, they went from 11.1 percent of the population in 2000 to 12.4 percent last year.
The 2005 figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, which is replacing the ``long form'' on the 10-year census.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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