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Hispanic population: 45 million and growing The nation's Hispanic population has increased 1.4 million to reach 45.5 million on July 1, 2007, or 15.1 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million. Hispanics remained the largest minority group, with blacks (single race or multiracial) second at 40.7 million in 2007. With a 3.3 percent increase between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, Hispanics were the fastest-growing minority group. Overall, the nation's minority population reached 102.5 million in 2007 -- 34 percent of the total. California had a minority population of 20.9 million, holding 20 percent of the nation's total. Followed by Texas and Florida, California had the largest Hispanic population of any state as of July 1, 2007. Source: Bureau of the Census, "U.S. Hispanic Population Surpasses 45 Million, Now 15 Percent of Total", May 1, 2008, http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011910.html.
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