Three fastest-growing counties by Latino population since 2007 are in North Dakota Latino population growth rate from 2007 to 2014 Williams County, North Da kota
Counties in Southern states have long dominated the list of the fast-growing Hispanic counties. This was especially true from 2000 to 2007, when eight of the 10 fastest growing counties were in the South.
However, since the start of the Great Recession counties in North Dakota have topped the list. Williams County, Stark County and Ward County have all seen their Hispanic populations more than double from 2007 to 2014 (though from a small base). In fact, North Dakota’s statewide Hispanic population nearly doubled to 18,000 in this same time period, making it the state with the highest Hispanic growth rate (though it ranks 49th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia by Hispanic population). 3 Other counties outside the South that are among the 10 fastest-growing include Luzerne County in Pennsylvania, Beadle County in South Dakota, Duchesne County in Utah and Burleigh County in North Dakota. Overall, just three of the top 10 fastest growing counties by Hispanic population since 2007 were in the South.
Three fastest-growing counties by Latino population  | since 2007 are in North Dakota  | Latino population growth rate from 2007 to 2014  | Williams County, North Da kota  | 367%  | Stark County, North Da kota  | 294  | Ward County, North Da kota  | 117  | Russell County, Alabama  | 92  | Bryan County, Georgia  | 91  | Luze me Co unty, Pennsylvania  | 91  | St. Berna ard Parish, Louisiana  | 89  | Beadle County, South Da kota  | 85  | Duchesne County, Utah  | 85  | Burle igh County, North Da kota  | 82  | Note: Top 10 OOD counties for Latino population growth are shown, among 1,579 counties with  | at least1 OOD Latinos in 2014.  | Source Pew Research Centerta bulations ofthe U.S Census Bureau population estimates  | "U.S Latino Population Growth and Dispersion Has Slowed Since Onsetofthe Great  | Recession"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 