WASHINGTON Those new hotels and casinos that sprouted up in
Nevada's Clark County in the last decade attracted more than gamblers
anxious to try their luck in Las Vegas.
The boom also brought an influx of Asians and Hispanics eager to
fill new construction and service-industry jobs, a development that
helped make Nevada the fastest-growing state in the 1990s.
New Census Bureau estimates released today show that increases in
the nation's two fastest-growing minority populations also are
helping to spark gains elsewhere.
Between July 1, 1990, and July 1, 1999, the nation's Asian and
Pacific Islander population grew 43.0 percent to 10.8 million, and
the Hispanic population grew 38.8 percent to ...