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                 **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
                                
            Census Bureau Director Will Highlight Growth
                 of Nation's Hispanic Population
                                
       Census Bureau to Release National Population Estimates 
                   by Race and Hispanic Origin

What:     At the League of United Latin American Citizens National 
          Convention, U.S. Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon will 
          release new estimates of the population by race and Hispanic 
          origin, which show a substantial increase in the number of the 
          nation's Hispanics. Kincannon also will release a new report on 
          socioeconomic characteristics of the Hispanic population. Topics 
          include age, marital status, family type and size, education, 
          income, poverty and housing. 
               
When:     Wednesday, June 18, noon EDT*
                                   
Who:      Louis Kincannon, director, U.S. Census Bureau 
                    
Where:    Wyndham Palace Resort 
          1900 Buena Vista Drive, Great Hall
          Orlando, Fla.     

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*BROADCAST MEDIA: A video news release on the new population estimates by
race and Hispanic origin is available to broadcasters upon request;
contact Tom Webster in the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
(301) 763-3053.