The new U.S. Census data: 6 key takeaways

America is getting less white, and a lot more Hispanic. Demographically, the middle of the U.S. is Plato, Mo. And that's just the beginning...

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On Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau unveiled its final population tallies from the 2010 census. The findings? We are more diverse, more suburban, and more Western than we were 10 years ago, among many other changes. Here, six of the biggest stories from the Census Bureau's data dump:

1. America's Hispanic population in booming

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