Nebraskan Hispanic population officially ‘large’
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – Nearly a third of Nebraska’s 93 counties recorded growth over the previous five years, a new U.S. census data report revealed last month. The biggest population gain was with the Hispanic and Latino populations, who hold the title for the largest minority population in the state.
Counties such as, Douglas, Dodge, Colfax, Madison, Dakota and several others have a Hispanic population that exceeds 10 percent of its entire population, which according to David Drozd, research coordinator for the Center for Public Affairs Research, is enough to say they have a large Hispanic population.
”It just is a good even break point for kind of saying, well that’s an established community, that’s a major presence in the area, and while it’s about 10% right now statewide, by 2050 our projections will show it’s going to be a quarter of the state’s population,” says Drozd…
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