State

1990

Latino

Population

2000

Latino

Population

Percent

Growth

1990-2000

Percent

of Total

Population

North Carolina

76,745

378,963

393.8

4.7

Arkansas

19,876

86,866

337.0

3.2

Georgia

108,933

435,227

299.5

5.3

Tennessee

32,742

123,838

278.2

2.2

South Carolina

30,500

95,076

211.7

2.4

Alabama

24,629

75,830

207.9

1.7

Kentucky

22,005

59,939

172.4

1.5

Mississippi

15,998

39,569

147.3

1.4

Virginia

160,403

329,540

105.4

4.7

Florida

1,574,148

2,682,715

70.4

16.8

Texas

4,339,874

6,669,666

53.7

32.0

Louisiana

93,067

107,738

15.8

2.4

Entire South

6,498.920

11,084,967

70.6

12.6