The Washington Post, September 14th, 1987
HOW MANY Hispanics are there in the United States? A lot more today than in 1980, the Census Bureau reports, although it admits it doesn't have the precise answer because it has been changing its definition of "Hispanic," first in the 1980 Census, then in estimates it has just released for 1986 and 1987. The changes were made for good reasons and have had the effect of spreading a wider net and increasing the number of residents classified as Hispanic; the latest figures even take into account the illegal migrants of the 1980s. Even discounting for these changes in definition, it's clear that ...
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