Area's Hispanic Population Doubles

Census data show county's overall population grew by nearly 10 percent

Anne Arundel County's Hispanic population is booming.

One of several revelations in yesterday's data released by the U.S. Census was that Hispanics and Latinos account for more than 40 percent of Anne Arundel's population growth over the last decade. The Hispanic population more than doubled since 2000, with an additional 20,000 people. With the increase, Hispanics make up 6.1 percent of the county's 537,656 residents.

The new census figures show Anne Arundel County grew by 48,000 people over the past decade, a rate slightly higher than the state average.

Anne Arundel now has 32,902 Hispanics. Yet the county remains overwhelmingly white, with whites accounting for 75 percent of the population. African Americans make up 15.5 percent and Asians 3.4 percent.

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