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Posted 6/8/2005 10:31 PM

Diversity tints new kind of generation gap

By Haya El Nasser and Lorrie Grant, USA TODAY

Generational differences highlighted in Census Bureau population estimates released today add complexity to everything from politics to marketing. Even segments of society that once seemed homogeneous are far more difficult to define today.

Pre-kindergarteners at Eastwood Heights Elementary in El Paso reflect growing diversity in USA's youngest generation.
By Victor Calzada, El Paso Times via AP

In San Antonio, Julian Castro, a Hispanic councilman, lost a mayoral runoff Tuesday to Phil Hardberger. The retired judge, who is white, won despite running in a city where 59% of the population is Hispanic.

But in Los Angeles, where 47% of the population is Latino, Antonio Villaraigosa last month was elected the city's first Mexican-American mayor since 1872 with substantial support from whites and blacks.

The results in both cities can be explained in part by the Census Bureau estimates, which show a generation gap is unfolding in the USA â€â€