Immigrants from Asia - not Latin America - are leading the trend to a more diverse Whatcom County, the latest U.S. Census Bureau statistics show. Among county residents claiming only one race or ethnicity, the number who are of Asian descent increased 5.3 percent between 2011 and 2012, from 7,822 to 8,238. Asians make up 4 percent of the county population and are the third most common group behind non-Hispanic whites, at 81 percent, and Hispanics, at 8.4 percent. The latest population estimates, for July 1, 2012, were released Thursday, June 13. Hispanics have made up the fastest-growing population in the county over the past...
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