Asians Fastest-Growing Race or Ethnic Group in 2012, Census Bureau Reports

Translations: English Español Download image U.S. Census Bureau Logo. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Census Bureau) WASHINGTON, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau announced Asians were the nation's fastest-growing race or ethnic group in 2012. Their population rose by 530,000, or 2.9 percent, in the preceding year, to 18.9 million, according to Census Bureau annual population estimates. More than 60 percent of this growth in the Asian population came from international migration. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) By comparison, the Hispanic population grew by 2.2 percent, or more than 1.1 million, to just over 53 million in 2012. The Hispanic...