Edited sentence: A year ago, the minority population totaled 98.3 million.According to U.Census Bureau's estimation for 2005, 45% of American children under age 5 are minorities.Hispanics accounted for almost half (1.4 million) of the national population growth of 2.9 million between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006.In 2006, the nation’s minority population reached 100.7 million