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Census shows less white Texas ahead of redistricting fight

By ACACIA CORONADO - Report for America/Associated Press
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Newly released census data shows four of the nation’s 10 fastest-growing municipalities are suburbs of Texas’ big cities. That means the second-largest state in the U.S. could play a big part in the redistricting battle for control of Congress. Texas also grew less white and more urban over the past 10 years, following the same overall trend seen across the country. The new data culled from the 2020 census is coming more than four months later than expected due to delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Joshua Blank with the Texas Politics Project says the state’s shifting demographics will be important elements to consider in the GOP-controlled process of redrawing political maps.

New census data expected to reveal a more diverse America

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
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The Census Bureau is due to release new data on the changing U.S. population. The numbers scheduled to come out Thursday will show that dozens of counties across 18 states are now less than 50 percent white, and no racial or ethnic group makes up a majority. The states are largely in the South and Southwest. The non-Hispanic white population is expected to shrink for the first census on record. The census figures make it clear that virtually all population growth in the U.S. is among people of color, groups long viewed as racial or ethnic minorities.