Quick Take Oregon Census 2010 Data: Hispanics Represented More than 40% of Population Growth, AND Numbers Grew MORE Than White Non Hispanics.

The Census Bureau has released Census 2010 redistricting information for Oregon today. Access today is for a LARGE FTP file, which is very complicated to work with; tomorrow same data is supposed to be available via a new version of the American Fact Finder website.

As a "Cliffs Notes" version, Census has released a summary series of  tables today in one Excel workbook . PR is HERE, Excel file is HERE:

My quick observations about enhanced table pasted below that I constructed using the Census Excel table as a starting point:

1. Overall, Oregon's population grew by 12%.
2. Oregon's White NOT Hispanic population grew by 5.2%.
3. Oregon's population growth for other minority races was substantial :African American, 24.3%; American Indian 17.7%; Asian 39.4%;Native Hawaiian, Pac Islander 68.1%.
4. Oregon's Hispanic population grew by 63.5 %.
5. The numerical increase in total Hispanic population [all races] exceeded that for White non Hispanics ( 174,748  vs. 148,232).
6. The growth in Hispanic population [all races] represented 42.7% of statewide population growth; white Non Hispanics represented a lesser 36.2% of total statewide population growth. 
7. "Two or More Races" accounted for 9.8% of total statewide population growth and "some other race" accounted for 14.6% of population growth.

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Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.