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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- New U.S. Census figures show that Utah's Latino population surged by half to more than 300,000 in the past eight years.
In some counties the growth rate was more explosive. Washington County logged a 121 percent increase in Latino residents since 2000.
Salt Lake County contains more than half of Utah's minority populations, or nearly 237,000.
San Juan County, which holds part of the Navajo Nation, was Utah's most ethnically diverse county with more than 60 percent of the residents belonging to a minority group. In no other county did minorities make up a majority.
Officially, Latinos now make up nearly 12 percent of Utah's population, and experts agree the actual number is higher than documented by the Census Bureau.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune
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