Posted on 06/11/2007 6:54:15 AM PDT by LouAvul
By 2020, at least one in four children in the state will be Hispanic, figures suggest.
The face of Oklahoma's children is changing.
The makeup of the state's young population is changing from mostly white to frequently Hispanic, and if the pace continues, at least a quarter of Oklahoma children by the year 2020 will be Hispanic.
The number of Hispanic youths in Oklahoma has increased by more than 32 percent since 2000, while the population of non-Hispanic youths decreased by 2.6 percent, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
''I see everything changing,'' said Nilda Reyes, director of equity and diversity at Tulsa Public Schools.
The recent Census report showed an obvious increase in the state's Hispanic population overall, about 38 percent. At the same time, the number of non-Hispanic people in Oklahoma increased by just 1.8 percent.
A Tulsa World analysis of the Census figures shows the Hispanic growth is even heavier in the youngest age groups.
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I already made Two Phone calls today to both my US Senators.
If American citizens refuse to fight for their jobs or their country then they deserve neither.
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