County 4th in U.S. on Hispanic growth
By Steve Mocarsky smocarsky@timesleader.com
8/10/07

Luzerne County ranks fourth among all large counties in the United States when it comes to Hispanic population growth, a national newspaper reported on Thursday.

The county’s Hispanic population has nearly tripled since 2000, according to a USA Today story about Latinos “fanning out across the Eastern half of the USA … far from traditional immigrant strongholds.â€