Latino Numbers Soar In Arizona

Latino Numbers Soar In State With Anti-Immigrant History
View of Tucson at dusk from Sentinel Park, Arizona
View of Tucson at dusk from Sentinel Park, Arizona

WASHINGTON Joe Garcia looks at the latest Hispanic population estimates for Arizona and comes to a simple conclusion.

‘‘It’s safe to say the face of Arizona is changing,” said Garcia, the director of the Latino Public Policy Center at Arizona State University.

He is referring to a Pew Research Center report that showed rapid — sometimes skyrocketing — growth of the Hispanic population in all of Arizona’s counties from 1990 to 2010.

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