A quick note about a population milestone here in Wisconsin: as I was listening to Wisconsin NPR as I was eating my breakfast this morning I heard a quick news bite about new figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau that show that Hispanics are now the largest minority population (6.34% of the total population) in the state, surpassing African Americans (6.26%) for the first time. As I looked into the story more later in the day, I that the Hispanic population of the state has quadrupled since 1980. Since 2000, Milwaukee, Dane, and Brown County have seen the largest Hispanic population increases. Just another reason to keep increasing our Spanish-language services locally!
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