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
In recent years, the fastest Latino population growth has tended to come in areas with a relatively small number of Latinos. Three counties in North Dakota had the fastest growth in Latino population from 2007 to 2014. During this time, North Dakota added thousands of workers thanks to a boom in Bakken shale oil production. This Hispanic population surge may be a shift away from the South, which had eight of the 10 fastest-growing Hispanic county populations from 2000 to 2007. Even so, the South remains the largest source of growth, accounting for 43% of U.S. Hispanic population growth from 2007 to 2014.
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 