Major city newspapers, such as The Miami Herald and the Los Angeles Times , are publishing Spanish editions. Chinese is spoken in the home by 1.5 million Americans, while Japanese, Portuguese, Vietnamese and Korean are spoken by over 2 million. There are also nearly 2 million deaf Americans who communicate in sign language. The ethnic minority population is growing at a much faster rate than the white population. This is true not only because of immigration.
Ethnic minorities tend to have larger families.
Since ethnic Americans tend to live in ethnic communities, it is not difficult to locate them. However, you may have difficulty discerning certain distinctions. For example, what is clearly a Hispanic community is not necessarily a Mexican-American community. Several other groups comprise the remaining 12 million Hispanic-Americans. There are also large numbers of Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Dominicans, and Colombians.