Census: More Blacks in South Moving to Suburbs

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WASHINGTON - African-Americans in the South are shunning city life for the suburbs at the highest levels in decades, rapidly integrating large metropolitan areas that were historically divided between inner-city blacks and suburban whites.

Census figures also show that Hispanic population growth for the first time outpaced that of blacks and whites in most of the South, adding to the region's racial and ethnic mix.

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Census: More Blacks in South Moving to Suburbs

"All of this will shake up the politics," said Lance deHaven- Smith, a political science professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Because the South is a critical region for Republicans in presidential elections, "all the Democrats have to do is pi...

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