The number of Hispanic Tulsa County prekindergartners has more than doubled since 2000 with the ethnicity now accounting for one of every five children in that age group, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.
The number of Tulsa County Hispanics under the age of 5 increased to 9,797 from 4,323 — a 127 percent jump — between 2000 and July 2009, according to Census Bureau figures.
The under-5-year-old population group — numbering at 42,552 statewide — is the largest and one of the fastest-growing segments of Hispanic population both in Tulsa County and across the state.
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Posted By; ISmael Armendariz, ES 135ac; Summer 2010
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