<![CDATA[Tim O'Keefe : Weblog]]> Elgg http://www.realestatepr.org/marketing/weblog/ <![CDATA[]]> http://www.realestatepr.org/marketing/weblog/243.html http://www.realestatepr.org/marketing/weblog/243.html Wed, 07 May 2008 19:07:06 GMT This in from the Wall Street Journal:
  • Hispanics now account for more than 15% of the U.S. population
  • Hispanics control more disposable income than any other minority group. The figure stands at $860 billion a year and is expected to hit $1.3 trillion by 2012.
  • Between 2000 and 2007, 16 states -- among them West Virginia, Illinois and New Jersey -- saw their white population decline, according to the new Census data. Over the same period, whites accounted for a majority of population growth in only 11 states.
  • According to the Pew Research Center, whites are projected to make up only 45% of the working-age population in 2050, down from 68% in 2005.
  • The center projects that the share of Hispanics in the working-age population will double rising from 14% to 31%.

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