Fri March 23, 2012 U.S. Census Show Asians Are Fastest Growing
Racial Group Asians are the fastest growing racial group
according to a recent report released by the U.S. Census Bureau
analyzing 2000 and 2010 census figures. For those following the
nation's changing demographics that may sound surprising because
we've also been hearing that Hispanics are the "fastest growing
minority group." The difference between the two groups can be
explained in how the Census Bureau defines people of Hispanic
origin. In 2010, new instructions were listed before questions
on Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin indicating that "Hispanic
origins are not races." "Hispanics are considered an ethnic
group, not a race. People are either Hispanic/Latino or non-
Hispanic/Latino," explains D'Vera Cohn, senior writer for the
Pew Research Center. "Hispanics, as is true of people who are
not Hispanic, can be of any race, and are asked on the census
form to choose which race or races they belong to." As the US
Census Bureau explains, "in