{"id":5051550,"date":"2021-08-24T07:19:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T07:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malatinonews.com\/?p=5051550"},"modified":"2021-08-24T07:19:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T07:19:08","slug":"census-latino-boom-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/2021\/08\/24\/census-latino-boom-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Census: Latino Boom in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hispanics-Latinos make up 62.1 million of the U.S. population, a 23-percent increase from 2010 to 2020, the Census Bureau announced this month..&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group accounted for more than 50-percent of the country\u2019s growth, rising to nearly 20-percent of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Massachusetts, the percentage of the population identifying as Hispanic or Latino grew from 9.6-percent (627,000 people) to 12.6-percent (887,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence, Andover, Methuen and Haverhill all saw a double-digit percent increase to their populations&nbsp;driven by Hispanics-Latinos and Asian people. In Lawrence, Hispanics-Latinos make up 82-percent of the city&#8217;s population up from 74-percent in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Methuen\u2019s Hispanic-Latino population grew by 11-percent. In Andover,&nbsp;the share of Hispanic-Latino residents grew to 13-percent of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 28-percent of the Everett\u2019s population now identifies as Hispanic-Latino, up from 21-percent a decade ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Lynn, the Hispanic-Latino population grew by 54-percent in the past 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of what\u2019s happening is new immigrants coming from Asian and Latin American countries are helping revitalize our region and state,\u201d said Luc Schuster, director of Boston Indicators, a research project for the Boston Foundation in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/08\/19\/metro\/latino-asian-populations-are-fueling-growth-massachusetts-diversifying-communities-census-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with The Boston Globe. \u201cWe really would see a contracting local economy if we hadn\u2019t continued to be welcoming to new immigrant communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total population for Massachusetts increased from more than 6.5 million in 2010 to just over 7 million, making it the 15th most populous state in the nation and ensuring it retains all nine of its existing seats in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shifting racial makeup of the state could factor heavily into redistricting decisions that lawmakers will make in the coming months as they embark on the once-every-decade process of redrawing state legislative, congressional and Governor&#8217;s Council boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publisher\u2019s Note: The U.S. Census helps identify the changing population of the state and how federal funds are used, and determines government representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MALN commits to producing stories analyzing the social, economic a d political impact of the Census on the Hispanic-Latino community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This story is an aggregate from the reporting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eagletribune.com\/news\/merrimack_valley\/census-mass-diversity-grew-in-cities-suburbs\/article_aac85bb0-e785-5122-9afb-e46323ff9e9d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Eagle Tribune<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/official-massachusetts-census-data-to-be-released-thursday\/2465513\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Boston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/latinos-account-half-countrys-population-growth-rcna1667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Latino<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/08\/19\/metro\/latino-asian-populations-are-fueling-growth-massachusetts-diversifying-communities-census-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Boston Globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cover photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibaboston.org\/blog\/history-all-around-us-festival-betances-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Festival Betances<\/a>, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hispanics-Latinos make up 62.1 million of the U.S. population, a 23-percent increase from 2010 to 2020, the Census Bureau announced 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