{"id":6025,"date":"2011-03-28T11:56:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=6025"},"modified":"2011-03-29T11:34:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T16:34:56","slug":"raleighs-hispanic-population-surges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/2011\/03\/28\/raleighs-hispanic-population-surges\/","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh&#8217;s Hispanic Population Surges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This story is the first in a series we will be running all year about the 2010 Census data that will be released in bits and pieces during the coming months. Raleigh grew by 68 percent from 2000 through 2011 and we hope to dig in and explore this wealth of data and what it all means on the ground in our city. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anytime one of our city\u2019s population groups grows by 137 percent is a time to sit up and take notice. That\u2019s exactly what the 2010 Census results show has happened with Raleigh\u2019s Hispanic or Latino population in the last decade. Another standout statistic is that folks identifying themselves as having two or more races grew by 103 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Raleigh is growing quickly is not exactly news, but specific details about the people who make up that growth are now available from the 2010 Census.<\/p>\n<p>The Census Bureau releases reports gradually and so far, officials have released data on race and housing occupancy totals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.gmodules.com\/ig\/ifr?url=http:\/\/www.google.com\/ig\/modules\/bar-chart.xml&amp;up__table_query_url=http:\/\/www.google.com\/fusiontables\/gvizdata?tq=select+col0%252C+col1%252C+col2+from+625466++skip+0+limit+8&amp;up__table_query_refresh_interval=0&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&amp;synd=open&amp;output=js\"><\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The City\u2019s total population grew by 68 percent, from 2000\u2019s total of 276,093 to 2010\u2019s total of 403,892. Despite the dramatic growth of two segments \u2013 Hispanic or Latino and those identifying themselves as having two or more races \u2013 each group\u2019s ranking within the total population remained steady.<\/p>\n<p>Racial groupings for American Indian and Alaska Native persons totaled 1,963 last year, jumping 78 percent from 2000\u2019s 1,104 total. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders totaled 173, a 47 percent gain from the 2000 total of 118.<\/p>\n<p>Growth in total numbers for whites grew 33 percent, from 174,786 to 232,377, but the white percentage of the total population fell from 63 percent to 58 percent. Black population numbers grew 54 percent over the last decade and the group\u2019s percentage rose slightly from 27 percent in 2000 to 29 percent today. The Asian population rose 85 percent in total numbers and percentage of the Asian population rose slightly from 3.4 percent to four percent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing Occupancy<\/strong><br \/>\nHousing occupancy was little changed in the last 10 years, although the total number of units grew 46 percent. Census defines a unit as \u201ca house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy)\u201d as separate living quarters. In 2010, of a total 176,124 units, only 5 percent (8,091 units) were unoccupied. In 2000, the city\u2019s housing units totaled 120,699 with 7 percent unoccupied.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Cities<\/strong><br \/>\nIn terms of population alone, Raleigh\u2019s growth may be fastest, but Charlotte\u2019s 2010 population total of 731,424 is almost double the capital city\u2019s size. Durham\u2019s 2010 total of 228,330 is just more than half of Raleigh\u2019s population. The town of Cary, at 135,234 is larger than both Wilmington (106,476) and the City of Asheville (83,393).<\/p>\n<p>As more numbers are released from the Census, the Record will continue reporting on the changes a decade makes in the people who call Raleigh home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anytime one of our city\u2019s population groups grows by 137 percent is a time to sit up and take notice. That\u2019s exactly what the 2010 Census results show has happened with Raleigh\u2019s Hispanic or Latino population in the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Raleigh is growing quickly is not exactly news, but specific details about the people who make up that growth are now available from the 2010 Census. <\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by abbyladybug<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117,15],"tags":[118,119,120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}