in 2016, the population of hispanics exceeded that of blacks to become chicago's second largest minority group with non-hispanic whites representing 32.6% of the population, hispanics at 29.7% of the population, and blacks at 29.3% of the population. the large hispanic population is rather recent, with the segregation between hispanics and non-hispanic whites being low when compared to blacks and non-hispanic whites. over the years neighborhoods have seen gradual ethnic change with white ethnic neighborhoods like brighton park transitioning to hispanic, while former latino neighborhoods like west town transition to majority non-hispanic white.