Anushka Figueroa recently decided to make a change. She gave up her life in California’s Silicon Valley and headed to Phoenix to work in marketing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a twist to notions of race identity, new 2010 census figures show an unexpected reason behind a renewed growth in the U.S. white population: more Hispanics listing themselves as white in the once-a-decade government count.

The rapidly growing Hispanic community in Arizona is playing an increasing role in the economic and cultural life of the state, according to a study released Wednesday by the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Javier Flores has been fascinated with winemaking since he was a kid in Mexico walking through the winery where his dad worked and admiring the white coats worn by the people in the winery's lab.

WASHINGTON - Most benefit managers at big U.S. companies think minority workers fare as well as white workers when it comes to health care services — despite strong evidence to the contrary — according to a survey released Wednesday.

A company running a state prison in Florence agreed Thursday to pay $438,626 to end a discrimination case that started two years ago when federal investigators found Hispanics were routinely hired over job candidates from other ethnic groups.

What used to be Tom, Dick and Harry is being replaced in Arizona by Jose, Angel and Jesus.

Three out of four Mesa voters support vigorous enforcement of immigration laws by Mesa police, an exclusive Tribune poll reveals.But nearly as many people say that Mesa needs to improve relations between Hispanic and non-Hispanic people in the city.

The number of Hispanics in most Arizona counties is increasing far faster than that of other groups.

Arizona’s Hispanic residents will have more than $28 billion to spend this year on everything from burritos to back-to-school backpacks.

 WASHINGTON - Roughly one-fourth of the nation's kindergartners are Hispanic, evidence of an accelerating trend that now will see minority children become the majority by 2023.

As the state’s fastest-growing demographic group, Hispanics also are the fastest-growing market for Arizona businesses.

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Researchers say Mexican immigrants who exercise regularly, eat wholesome foods and live in tight-knit communities illustrate why Latinos live longer on average than non-Hispanic whites and blacks.

WASHINGTON - One of every seven people in the United States is Hispanic, a record number that probably will keep rising because of immigration and a birth rate outstripping non-Hispanic blacks and whites.

The practice is called racial profiling. On streets and highways, it means cops are more likely to stop, and search, people of color than they are to stop and search white people. It is so much a reality in America that there’s even an acronym — DWB — for the imaginary offense of “driving while black.”

Arizona women had fewer babies in 2011 for the fifth straight year, due in large part to tighter wallets, social changes, lower teen pregnancy rates and departures among the Hispanic population.

Tooth decay in children ages 2 through 5 is on the rise, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It could be the fascination with spirits. Or simply the state’s changing demographics. But there were more boys born this year in Arizona whose parents named them Angel than anything else.

A new survey suggests that if you think you know something about the language skills of the Hispanic community, there’s a good chance you’re wrong.

A new survey suggests that if you think you know something about the language skills of the Hispanic community, there’s a good chance you’re wrong.

A wave of policies to crack down on illegal immigration during the past several years could prompt a higher Hispanic turnout in Mesa's March 11 election following a push to register more minority voters, political activists say.

One of the coolest things about the Olympics has been that the U.S. athletes do not all have the same last name and do not all look like one another. They boast an amazing array of ethnic and racial heritages.

October 25, 2004