Cuba’s mixed-race population growsPosted in Articles, Caribbean/Latin America, Census/Demographics, Media Archive on 2013-11-09 14:51Z by Steven |
Cuba’s mixed-race population grows
Fox News Latino
2013-11-08
EFE News Service
The number of mixed-race people in Cuba continues to increase as the ranks of those identifying themselves as white or black declines, according to the results of the 2012 Census released Friday.
The proportion of mixed-race people grew from 24.9 percent in 2002 to 26.6 percent last year, the ONEI statistics agency said in an advance summary of the study.
In the same period of time, the population identifying itself as white dropped from some 65 percent to 64.1 percent, while blacks fell from 10.1 percent to 9.3 percent…
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