News Item: Charlotte grows 21% From 1990-1998!
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Not only did the general population increase to 21%. The Hispanic population grew 570%!
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011127/bs/selling_in_spanish_1.html
Hispanics make up the fastest growing group in North Carolina, increasing 394 percent in the last decade, according to 2000 Census figures. Mecklenburg County's Hispanic community grew 570 percent, from fewer than 7,000 in 1990 to 44,871 in 2000.
A lot of entrepreneurs have tried to attract all those people and their paychecks.
Along South Boulevard, there are a bakery and several other stores and car lots marked by signs in Spanish. In Mount Airy, about 40 miles northwest of Winston-Salem, the Downtown Cinema shows Spanish-language films once a week.
I guess this is why I had no problem finding people to teach from October 98-June 99.
Anyway, at spanish Conference we were all talking about how many Hispanics lived in Charlotte. My guess was 50,000. I think whoever said 40,000 (I think it was Elder Hoke) was closest. This is great! 45,000 in Charlotte!
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