Minority population increasing in states
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America's growing diversity has reached nearly every state.
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The low number of minorities coaching college football teams reflects a lack of diversity among college and conference leaders, according to a University of Central Florida study released Wednesday.
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Across the United States, a growing number of children are living in shelters or group homes.
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Mississippi State made headlines last year in hiring the Southeastern Conference&#39;s first black football coach, but Sylvester Croom&#39;s addition didn&#39;t move the needle on the meager number of minorities coaching big-time college football.
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Public schools in the United States are becoming more racially segregated and the trend is likely to accelerate because of a Supreme Court decision in June, according to report published on Wednesday.
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The Black Coaches Association still wants more minority hires in college football. But the group&#39;s new report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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The Census Bureau says the population of those 65 and older will increase more rapidly in the West than in any other area of the country. While retirees settle in, states are figuring out how to keep up with an aging population. Will there be enough doctors and nurses? Hospitals and nursing homes? Will housing be affordable?
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The vaccination rate for black children in the United States has caught up to that of youngsters in other racial groups.
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By the year 2050, nearly one in five Americans will be foreign born, 29 percent of the population will be Hispanic, and non-Hispanic whites will become a minority, accounting for only 47 percent of the population, according to a report released today.
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The 2006 census, released over the summer, shows a rapid rise in immigration in the past decade.
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Robust population growth continues to sweep the nation's Southern and Western states, according to estimates released Wednesday by the Census Bureau. If the trend continues, states that have been population powerhouses since the 19th century will lose their dominance to Sun Belt states by 2010.
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction - the state is expanding its role
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For the first time since the Depression, more Americans aged 75 and older have been leaving the South than moving there.
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Future immigrants and their descendants will account for most of the increase among working-age adults through 2050, but growth in the older population will outpace all other groups, the Pew Hispanic Center reported Monday.
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Minority Rules: Turn Your Ethnicity Into a Competitive Edge By Kenneth Arroyo Roldan and Gary M. Stern Collins, 304 pages, $22.95
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Move over, Florida: This year, one-fifth of the states may be up for grabs.
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Nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language at home other than English, according to new Census data that illustrate the wide-ranging effects of immigration.