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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.