Anglos have slipped below half of the state's population
for the first time since, well, almost since the Alamo. Buried within a
new Census Bureau report, "Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States," was an estimate that 49.5 percent of
Texans in 2003 were "non-Hispanic whites." Texas State Demographer
Steve Murdock said demographic trends had long shown that the milestone
would inevitably be passed, just not quite so soon. "Recent projections
suggested 2004 or 2005," he said. [more ]
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