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New Day Rising: Steve Murdock on the Coming Hispanic Majority

At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, former state demographer and former U.S. Census Bureau director Steve Murdock talked extensively about demographic change in Texas.

By Evan SmithMarch 7, 2011, 11:59 a.m. CentralUpdated March 7, 2011, 11:59 a.m. Central

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New Day Rising: Steve Murdock on the Coming Hispanic Majority

by Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune
March 7, 2011

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<p>At the Tribune's New Day Rising&nbsp;<a href="http://www.texastribune.org/events/2011/feb/28/new-day-rising-changing-demographics-policy-and-politics-in-texas/" target="_blank">symposium</a>&nbsp;on Feb. 28, former state demographer and former U.S. Census Bureau director Steve Murdock talked extensively about demographic change in Texas.</p>
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<p><a href="https://static.texastribune.org/media/documents/022810TexasTribuneinAustin.pdf">Steve Murdock's presentation, Population Change in Texas, pdf <span>Download</span></a></p>
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New Day Rising: Steve Murdock on the Coming Hispanic Majority

Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune
March 7, 2011

At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, former state demographer and former U.S. Census Bureau director Steve Murdock talked extensively about demographic change in Texas.

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