The U.S. population is on target to hit 300 million this fall and it's a good bet the milestone baby -- or immigrant -- will be Hispanic.
No one will know for sure because the date and time will be just an estimate.But Latinos -- immigrants and those born in this country -- are driving the population growth, accounting for almost half the increase last year, more than any other ethnic or racial group.
The 300-millionth person in the U.S. will likely be born -- or cross the border -- in October, though bureau officials are wary of committing to a particular month because of the subjective nature of the clock.
1. Yep. This is a variation on the meme that Latinos are having
Edited on Sun Jun-25-06 12:59 PM by Cleita
so many babies that they are going to outnumber us very soon. Exactly whom are we going to outnumber? The Asian Americans? African Americans? Native Americans? No I guess it's the Americans of Northern European descent that are going to be outnumbered by us. No one else counts it's seems. Talk about narcissism.
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