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    Latinos gaining clout through numbers in Idaho

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    Latinos gaining clout through numbers in Idaho
    Census figures - Hispanics are the booming state's fastest-growing minority group
    Saturday, August 12, 2006
    REBECCA BOONE

    BOISE -- Idaho's Latino population is drawing closer to 10 percent, new Census Bureau figures show, with Hispanics accounting for one of every six new people in the state between mid-2004 and mid-2005.

    The census estimate puts Idaho Hispanics at about 9 percent of the state's 1.4 million total population, or about 130,000 residents. Hispanics remained Idaho's fastest-growing minority group, increasing by more than 4.8 percent over the 12-month stretch and growing twice as fast as the overall state rate.

    "Our economy is growing so fast, so we have a huge amount of work in construction, landscaping, those kind of sectors," Idaho Commerce and Labor analyst Bob Fick said. "The Hispanics are flocking in to pick up those jobs."

    Margie Gonzalez, executive director of the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, said the growth gives Latinos a political advantage.

    "People are becoming more accepting and educated on the fact that this small minority group that once existed has grown very rapidly," Gonzalez said. "The more people we can get to be registered voters, that's going to make a really strong impact on our government."

    Eight counties -- Clark, Minidoka, Power, Jerome, Owyhee, Cassia, Canyon and Gooding -- had Hispanic populations of more than 20 percent. Canyon County had the largest Hispanic population, with more than 33,000 of its 164,000-plus residents considering themselves to be Hispanic, or just over 20 percent. But Clark County tallied the highest percentage at nearly 40 percent, with 372 Hispanic residents out of 943 overall.

    The buying power of Latinos in Idaho has nearly doubled since 1990, according to a report from the state Department of Commerce and Labor. In 1990, Latino buying power made up just 2.9 percent of state residents' total buying power. In 2005, Latinos' $1.8 billion in buying power made up nearly 5 percent of the $36.5 billion spent statewide.

    Since the 2000 census, Idaho's Hispanic population has grown by nearly 28 percent, according to demographers. By 2010, Idaho Hispanics will account for about 6 percent of the state's total buying power, the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia estimates.

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    Oh god, theyre going to destroy Idaho also? I havent heard about problems in Idaho........

    oh god.......

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    They should have changed this quote. It should be Illegal Aliens.

    The Hispanics are flocking in to pick up those jobs."
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    Idaho's Latino population is drawing closer to 10 percent, new Census Bureau figures show, with Hispanics accounting for one of every six new people in the state between mid-2004 and mid-2005.
    The government is notorious for sanitizing numbers. Are these legal or illegal? Bet they didn't count them all.

    increasing by more than 4.8 percent over the 12-month
    The 10,000 coming over the border are going somewhere, coming to your state if they are not already there.


    Margie Gonzalez, executive director of the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, said the growth gives Latinos a political advantage.
    Hey where is the American political advantage?

    "The more people we can get to be registered voters, that's going to make a really strong impact on our government."
    Time to start contesting elections! Make sure everyone is legal before they vote!
    Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. Thomas Jefferson

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    They should have changed this quote. It should be Illegal Aliens.
    Now now, we can't be saying that, God forbid we offend their 'civil' rights!! Yeah right...

    I guess they are tired of picking potatoes for crappy wages.
    "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same results is the definition of insanity. " Albert Einstein.

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    When places like Idaho and Maine are being inundated we are running out of time...
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    The problem is not Hispanics in the United States it is belief that being Hispanic gives one the right to be illegals. The Hispanics in Idaho include would Sheriff Vazquez. If some of the Hispanic politicians are trying to gain political power on the basis of illegals then those politicians would be problems.
    I support enforcement and see its lack as bad for the 3rd World as well. Remittances are now mostly spent on consumption not production assets. Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)

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