Hispanics accounted for over half of the total US population growth between 2000 and 2010. The Hispanic population grew to 50.5 million, a 43% increase, with those under 18 growing by 39%. Most Hispanics live in nine states including California, Texas, and Florida, but the population more than doubled in several southern states. Hispanics were responsible for the only growth in six states, and while Michigan's overall population declined, its Hispanic population grew.

1. Summary of Pew Hispanic Center’s “Census 2010: 50 Million Latinos Hispanics Account for More than Half of Nation’s Growth in Past Decade” http://www.pewhispanic.org/2011/03/24/hispanics-account-for-more-than-half-of-nations-growth-in-past-decade/