Census 2010: South and Central Americans help boost Hispanic population in Oklahoma
The latest census figures, released Thursday, also document changing households in Oklahoma.
The state's fast-growing Hispanic population also grew more diverse in the last decade, with increases in the number of people from Central and South America.
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• The number of households made up of men living alone rose to 12.5 percent in 2010, up from 11.4 percent in 2000. Female-alone households fell slightly to 14.9 percent in 2010.
• Among Native Americans who described their tribe, the number of people identifying themselves as “Cherokee alone” grew 17.7 percent to 114,533. Identification as “Choctaw alone” grew to 51,431, up from 43,620 in 2000.
• Vietnamese remain Oklahoma's largest group of Asian origin. Those describing themselves as “Vietnamese alone” increased 29 percent to 16,258 in 2010.
• The ethnic Hmong population increased rapidly in the last decade. From just 549 in 2000, the number of people in Oklahoma describing themselves as Hmong on census forms rose to 3,180 in 2010. The Hmong are from Southeast Asia. Many came to the United States after fighting alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.
The latest figures from the 2010 Census show those of Mexican descent continue to be the largest share of Hispanics in Oklahoma. That portion of the Hispanic population doubled since 2000.
About 267,000 of the state's 332,000 Hispanics were of Mexican origin, according to the 2010 Census. That's up from more than 132,800 who claimed Mexican descent in 2000.
Overall, Oklahoma's Hispanic population grew to 8.9 percent last year. Hispanics made up 5.2 percent of the state's population in 2000. Hispanics can be of any race, according to census definitions.
The share of Hispanics claiming Central American descent tripled in the last decade to reach 15,641. Much of that growth came from Guatemalans, who grew 333 percent to 7,960.
Meanwhile, increases in Colombians, Peruvians and Venezuelans boosted the number of Hispanics from South America. Hispanics describing themselves as coming from that continent totaled 7,134 in 2010, up from 3,212 in 2000.
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