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From MediaDailyNews:

The Hispanic population of the United States is growing by leaps and bounds, outpacing other ethnic groups and the population at large, according to the latest data from the American Community Survey, which is administered alongside the decennial Census.

According to ACS estimates, there are now more than 45.4 million Hispanics living in the U.S., representing 14.6% of the total population of 308 million. That's twice the number living in the U.S. two decades ago. If current trends continue, the number of U.S. Hispanics will triple to roughly 130 million by 2050, when they will make up one-third of the total population.

The current proportion of 14.6% compares with approximately 41.7 million African-Americans, who make up 13.5% of the total. Hispanics passed African-Americans as the largest ethnic minority earlier this decade.