Saturday, February 5, 2011

Asians growing in Virginia

The newly released census report shows Hispanics and Asians contributed to increasing Virginia's population over 8 million in the past decade. This surge transformed Virginia into a far more diverse place, according to the recent census figure. The Washington Post reports, Asian's grew 68% as their number rose from 90,000 to 233,000 in the past decade. A third of the growth was in Northern Virginia, and most of the rest was in the Hampton Roads area and Central Virginia.