It's official: Latinos are the new majority across the Coachella Valley.
Their numbers are up, and dramatically so.
In 2000, roughly 122,000 Latinos called the valley home.
In 2010 U.S. Census data released Tuesday, that number is now 187,900, a 54 percent increase. The total includes the valley's nine cities, Bermuda Dunes, Mecca, Thermal and Thousand Palms.
The 65,900-plus Latinos gained in the past decade across the valley are nearly the equivalent of adding another Desert Hot Springs and
