Migration Patterns Mapped, West and East

Hispanic population grows fastest in the U.S. heartland and to the East.

By Ryan Morris and

Updated: May 18, 2012 | 5:05 p.m.
May 17, 2012 | 10:42 a.m.

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The West has long anchored the nation's Latino population, as Hispanics comprise a large share of the population in many Western cities. But in the 2000s, the Hispanic population grew fastest in the U.S. heartland and on the eastern half of the map.

 

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Source: Census data for 366 U.S. metropolitan areas, compiled by Brookings Institution demographer William H. Frey

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