Va.'s numbers of Hispanics and Asians skyrocket as white population dwindles

By Carol Morello and Dan Keating
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, February 4, 2011; 12:00 AM

Soaring numbers of Hispanics and Asians pushed Virginia's population over 8 million in the past decade, transforming the state into a far more diverse place, according to census figures released Thursday.

The state's white population barely grew. As a result, fewer than two-thirds of all Virginians are now white.

Northern Virginia cemented its position as the state's growth engine, responsible for half of the state's increase of 922,000 people in the past decade. Almost 40 percent of the growth in the state occurred in three Northern Virginia counties: Fairfax, Prince William and Loudoun.

The 2010 Census numbers underscore how the home of the former capital of the Confederacy is evolving into a mosaic of races and ethnicities from around the world. It has grown by a third in the past two decades, and its very character is changing. Today, seven of 10 Virginians live in three big urban areas, and Virginia's once-mighty rural areas are shrinking. Dozens of small towns, mostly in the rural southwest and Southside, lost residents.

With a population of 2.4 million, Northern Virginia is certain to reap the benefits of its torrid growth. The spoils will lead to more political power in Richmond and more resources for roads and schools.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020304604.html

and then has his wife homeschool his kids? He want to be as far away from the non-whites as he does fromRichmond and the pickup truck driving masses there.

... apparently there's no conflict of interest that way.

WaPo article if you doubt it. You really think FFX is whiter than Roanoke and the many rural towns across most of VA? FFX isn't even the whitest county in NoVA. Check out Loudoun for example (which by some measures is also the richest). Wiki is my source for saying this idiot lives in FFX Co., but maybe it's incorrect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Cuccinelli

The African American population in FFX Co. is not huge, but there are lots and lots of Asians, Asian-Americans, Latinos, and others.

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/cms/story.php?id=2971

"Fairfax is getting close to becoming a majority-minority county, with about 55 percent of residents identifying as white and not of Hispanic origin. In the 2000 census, 64 percent of the county population identified as white and not of Hispanic origin."

Even Loudoun is more diverse than I realized:

http://projects.nytimes.com/immigration/enrollment/virginia/loudoun