RSSMinority population in Md. grows, white population shrinks
Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | May 1, 2008
BALTIMORE (AP) As Maryland’s white population shrinks, the number of minorities, and particularly Latinos, continues to increase, according to U.S. Census Bureau Figures released Thursday. The figures indicate non-Hispanic whites in Maryland decreased by 21,428 between 2006 and 2007, while the Latino population of all races increased by 17,779. Latinos now make up slightly more than 6 percent of the state’s 5.6 million people, whose overall numbers inched up marginally in last year. Whites represent 63.6 percent of Maryland’s population, African-Americans 29.5 percent and Asians 5 percent. ‘’Maryland has been changing for a while, and these numbers reflect that continuing trend,'’ said Audrey Singer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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