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CALDWELL ready nearing that of Anglos cultural shift aren’t likely to Associated Press Writer of the same age group—re- be exclusive to states that al- EL PASO, Texas (AP): cent population data showed ready have majority-minor- With a growing Latino popu- 42 percent of U.S. residents ity populations, Frey said. lation, Texas has joined three under 18 are minorities com- Nevada, for instance, has other states and the District pared to 58 percent for seen a massive influx of mi- of Columbia as a majority- Anglos—the nation should be norities in the last 15 years, minority state, according to more than half minorities by reducing the percentage of population estimates re- 2050, said Steve Murdock, a Anglos since the 1990s from leased Thursday by the U.S. demographer at the Univer- nearly 80 percent to about 60 Census Bureau. sity of Texas at San Antonio. percent. Such a rapid shift is Latinos are now the larg- Lawmakers need to start likely to cause growing pains est minority group in Cali- with immigration reform, said that include trying to balance fornia, New Mexico as well William Frey, a demographer the needs of a growing and as Texas. Asian-Americans at the Brookings Institution in younger minority commu- are the largest minority in Washington, D.C. nity with an aging Anglo com- Hawaii, while in the nation’s “Immigration is good for munity, Frey said. capital, it is blacks. the United States ... it’s impor- “That’s the kind of state According to the popula- tant for us to keep our doors that is going to have to deal Study ranks most liberal and conservative U.S. open, but we need to keep an with quick transition,” Frey tion estimates based on the and Plano, Texas in fifth. around a shrinking iceberg said. 2000 Census, about 50.2 per- eye on the people coming in,” cities BACVR researchers found than of a vibrant and growing cent of Texans are now mi- Frey said. “While initially it Officials in states like Ne- A nationwide study re- a direct correlation between a political movement,” Reiff norities. In the 2000 Census, will be a state problem, even- vada will quickly have to fig- leased August 11th by the non- city’s political ideology and said. minorities accounted for tually it will be a national is- ure out “how immigrant partisan Bay Area Center for its racial makeup. “The great Editor’s Note: The Bay about 47 percent of the sue, and education is the best populations and an aging Voting Research (BACVR) political divide in America Area Center for Voting Re- nation’s second most popu- way to deal with it.” white population can be ranks the political leanings of today is not red vs. blue, north search is a nonpartisan think lous state. Frey said bringing minori- served at the same time,” Frey every major U.S. city and finds vs. south, costal vs. interior or tank based in Berkeley, Cali- Five other states—Mary- ties’ education and salary lev- said. that Detroit, Michigan is the even rich vs. poor—it is now fornia. A copy of the report land, Mississippi, Georgia, els in line with Anglos should Though some areas may most “liberal” and Provo, Utah clearly black vs. white,” said and the complete list of New York and Arizona— be a top priority and needs never see this shift and Latinos the most “conservative.” Phil Reiff, a BACVR director. rankings for all 237 cities are aren’t far behind, with about federal support. may not eventually reign as In all, the BACVR research- “While there are a few lib- available at www.voting- 40 percent minorities. Blacks This demographic shift, the largest minority group— ers examined voting patterns eral cities without large Afri- research.org. The listed re- and Hispanics are the largest which Frey and other experts as a group Latinos have in- of 237 cities with populations can-American populations, ports, however, fail to define minority groups in those attribute to Latino immigra- creased in greater numbers of over 100,000 and ranked these wind up being the ex- the criteria that were used to them each on “liberal” and states. tion, could also lead to more than any other minority—the ceptions.