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  Census Bureau: Minority births outnumbered whites for first time
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Last EditedGreen Pigs  May 19, 2012 02:46pm
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AuthorMichael Muskal
MediaNewspaper - Los Angeles Times
News DateThursday, May 17, 2012 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe United States has reached a historic tipping point -- with Latino, Asian, mixed race and African American births constituting a majority of births for the first time, theU.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.

Minorities made up about 2 million, or 50.4%, of the births in the 12-month period ending July 2011, enough to create the milestone. The latest figure was up from 49.5% in the 2010 census.
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