Hispanic population boom won't help South Plains in redistricting

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The official 2010 population count from the U.S. Census Bureau won't be in for at least another six months, but members of two Texas House panels were told Wednesday what to expect: Due largely to the booming Hispanic population, urban areas like Dallas and the South Texas border will register the largest increases in the state. And West Texas, particularly the sparsely populated counties, is expected to continue losing population, just as it has in the past half-century.

"The Hispanic-origin population continues to be one of the major factors in the growth of Texas," Jeff Jordan of the Texas State Data Center told a joint hearing of the House Redistricting Committee and the chamber's Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee. READ FULL STORY