SPOTLIGHT: Tex. minorities now majority


There is already abundant discussion of immigration and uninsurance issues, and now US census data released on Wednesday shows that Texas has become the fourth state in which a minority of the population has officially become a majority. Official records show the state's population is now 52.2 percent Hispanic. Texas joins California, New Mexico and Hawaii as the only states to attain what demographers term "minority-majority" status. Some critics feel the real numbers may be skewed even more in favor of the Hispanic community, as recent immigrants -- both legal and otherwise -- are typically reluctant to talk with census takers. Story