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Hispanic Birthrate is Changing State's Look
Immigration; Posted on: 2008-02-17
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Tennessee will be more diverse if trend continues


The Hispanic birthrate in Tennessee is exploding, far outpacing the national
rate.

The number of Hispanic babies born in Tennessee grew from 444 in 1990 to 7,885
in 2006, according to state Department of Health data. Hispanic births almost
doubled in the . during this same time period.

There's great disagreement on what this trend means to the state and America.
Some say it's destroying American culture and burdening American taxpayers.
Others argue that diversity is good for the country and that immigrants are a
boon to the economy.

However, there's one thing everyone agrees on. Tennessee and the nation are
beginning to look different and will be even more diverse in coming years. The
Pew Hispanic Center report released this week shows that if current trends
continue, whites will become the minority in the nation by 2050.

"The face of America is changing, and it's becoming more apparent," said Jeff
Passel, a demographer for the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research
group.

"Go back 15 years and there were almost no Latinos in the southeastern United
States. The growth of the Hispanic population in Tennessee and the Southeast
has been notable."

The state doesn't ask whether the parents are in the country legally.

Demographers say the birth-rate increase is the direct result of the increase
in Hispanics moving to the state. Tennessee experienced the fourth-highest
Hispanic growth rate in the country, percent from 2000 to 2006, according
to the . Census Bureau.


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