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Whites Aren’t Texas Majority
HOUSTON, Aug. 26 (AP) – Non-Hispanic whites are no longer the majority in Texas for the first time since the 1800’s, according to a Census Bureau survey.
The survey said whites stopped being the majority as of last year. Most of Texas’ population expansion since 2000 has come from births and international immigration, both sources of predominantly Hispanic growth.
Estimates show that the state was 49.5 percent white in 2003, down 1.5 percentage points from 2002 but still a large plurality.
