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What is the LEAST Latino State in the Union?

By Elizabeth Llorente
Published March 03, 2011

A street in Welch, West Virginia. The logging and coal-mining state has the nation's smallest percentage share of Latinos.

The data being rolled out weekly by the U.S. Census on population trends show that the Latino population is booming across the United States. In fact, the Hispanic population has accounted for the lion's share of the total population growth of the country over the past decade, according to the 2010 Census.

But in one state, Hispanics are a rarity, and the sound of Spanish makes people stop and heads turn.

That place is West Virginia, where Latinos are slightly just over one percent of the state population, making it the state with the smallest Latino share in the entire country.

“I drive an hour and about a quarter to get Latino food,â€

“Engaging the Hispanic Students in Your Classroom.â€

[quote="airdale"]“Engaging the Hispanic Students in Your Classroom.â€

[quote]“When I order hamburgers or hotdogs or other American foods, it has to be in English, naturally,â€

I almost forgot how wonderful it was to go out in public and not hear a single word in Spanish.

I hope West Virginia enjoys it while they got it....“Engaging the Hispanic Students in Your Classroom.â€

[quote]“I drive an hour and about a quarter to get Latino food,â€

Montana wants to do away witht he bilingual forms and signs. We have a Dem for a gov so I doubt he will sign anything that will be adverse to the Obama gameplan.

[quote]A few years ago, the state had its first Hispanic festival. It draws several hundred people, including many non-Hispanics.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston began a Hispanic ministry.
“We need priests who can serve Spanish mass,â€