One-in-Five and Growing Fast: A Profile of Hispanic Public School Students

The number of Hispanic students in the nation's public schools nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006, this report says, making up about one-in-five public school students in the United States compared to 1990, when just one-in-eight public school students were Hispanic.

Find out the Census bureau projections by 2050, when there will be more school-age Hispanic children than school-age non-Hispanic white children in the United States.

In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority

According to new Census Bureau projections, ethnic and racial minorities who identify themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will become the majority of the US population by 2042 -sooner than the anticipated date of 2050-, Sam Robert reports. Main reasons are higher birthrates among minorities and predicted rising influx of immigrants. Read how these changes will affect presidential elections, baby-boomers' retirement and life expectancy.

Census Bureau to Ramp up Partnerships with Ethnic Media

Khalil Abdullah, a Washington, D.C., based editor for NAM, reports on the message that Arnold Jackson, associate director for the Decennial Census, brought to a New America Media-sponsored meeting with ethnic media. Participants from Delaware, Maryland, the greater portion of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. found out the Census will partner with local communities and ethnic media to "spread the word" about demographic use of funding.