Texas added more Hispanic, Asian and Black residents than any other state last year

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Texas added more Hispanic, Asian and Black residents than any other state last year

2024-06-27 12:04 Last Updated At：18:10

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of residents of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who joined the state's population last year.

The Lone Star State led all others in new Hispanic, Asian and Black residents in 2023. Among U.S. metro areas, Houston added the most Hispanic residents, and Dallas the most Asian and Black residents, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.

Texas also the had the biggest jump last year in the overall population, adding 473,000 people.

“We are adding more people, and that would include all different kinds of people, and more diversity,” said Xiuhong “Helen” You, associate director and senior demographer of the Texas Demographic Center. “Whether it's people who are looking for job opportunities or whether it's people who are beginning to establish families and are looking for affordable homes.”

Nationwide, Hispanic residents propelled U.S. growth last year, accounting for almost three-quarters of the nation's population gain, according to the bureau's population estimates from 2022 to 2023.

Hispanic people, who can be of any race, are now the nation’s second-largest demographic group, and births outpacing deaths made up most of the Hispanic growth last year.

“The Hispanic population is expanding at a substantially faster rate than the non-Hispanic population,” said Kristie Wilder, a Census Bureau demographer.

The Hispanic population grew by about 1.2 million people last year, out of a total U.S. gain of more than 1.6 million residents, raising the number of Hispanics in the country to 65.2 million people, or almost a fifth of the total U.S. population, according to the bureau's estimates.

The largest racial or ethnic group in the U.S., non-Hispanic white people, representing 58% of the population, was the only one to experience a year-over-year drop — 461,000 people — because of deaths outpacing births. Its numbers would have declined further if not for immigration. With a median age of 43.2, it is the oldest demographic group. South Carolina added the most non-Hispanic white residents among states, and Nashville had the biggest gain among metro areas.

The Asian population grew by more than 585,000 people last year. Unlike Hispanic growth, Asian growth was driven by immigration as opposed to natural increase. The Asian population was more than 20.6 million people last year.

The Black population grew by a half-million people last year, driven by natural increase, and totaled 42.3 million people in 2023.

The American Indian and Alaska Native population grew by 8,227 people, mostly through natural increase, and now stands at 2.4 million people.

The median age in the U.S. grew slightly from 38.9 in 2022 to 39.1 last year. Among metro areas, The Villages retirement community in central Florida had the highest median age of 68 last year, while Provo, Utah had the youngest at 26.1.

Among states, Texas had the biggest Hispanic gain last year, an increase of 242,000 residents, with 30% of the increase in metro Houston. The Lone Star State added almost 92,000 new Asian residents and 91,000 new Black residents, with metro Dallas accounting for almost half of the state's gain of Asian residents and 40% of its increase in Black residents.

“Our state is a younger state than the rest of the nation, and our Hispanic population also is a younger group, and at the same time, we have an aging white population,” said Coda Rayo-Garza, research and data director at Every Texan, an advocacy and research group. “We are only going to experience more and more growth in the nonwhite demographic group.”

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Kohli half-century anchors India to 176-7 against South Africa in T20 World Cup final

2024-06-30 00:24 Last Updated At：00:30

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Virat Kohli's first half-century at this Twenty20 World Cup anchored India to 176-7 against South Africa in the final on Saturday.

Kohli, who tallied only 75 runs in seven games, made 76 off 59 balls with six fours and two sixes after India was in early trouble at 34-3 inside the first five overs.

Axar Patel absorbed the pressure well after getting promoted at No. 5, hitting four sixes in his brisk 47 off 31 balls, and put India back on track by sharing a 72-run stand with Kohli.

Kohli completed his half-century off 48 balls in the 17th over, but pushed the acceleration by smashing big sixes against Kagiso Rabada (1-36) and Marco Jansen (1-49). Kohli holed out in the deep in the penultimate over.

Shivam Dube made 27 off 16 balls and fell in Anrich Nortje's (2-26) last over as India scored 58 runs in the last five overs.

Kohli got India off to a flier when he hit left-arm fast bowler Jansen for three boundaries in the first over, and captain Rohit Sharma struck left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj (2-23) for two fours off his first two balls.

But Maharaj struck twice in his first over when Sharma was brilliantly snapped up by Heinrich Klaasen low at square leg, and Rishabh Pant hit off the toe-end of the bat while attempting a reverse sweep and ballooned a simple catch behind the wickets.

Klaasen shone again in the outfield when he caught Suryakumar Yadav at deep fine leg off Rabada’s short-pitched ball before Patel and Kohli rebuilt the innings.

Patel was run out off a brilliant direct throw from wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock as he smartly intercepted Kohli’s flick and then hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end.

Both teams were unchanged from the semifinals.

South Africa is eyeing its maiden ICC title in its first final, while India, the inaugural T20 World Cup champion in 2007, hasn’t won a major trophy in 13 years.

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