According to the latest Census data, Warren County is one of six U.S. counties to become "majority minority" in 2008.
Census: Warren Co., Miss., now 'majority minority'
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's Warren County has long been a multicultural hub with its Chinese-owned grocery stores, black funeral homes and restaurants that serve fried catfish and turnip greens to diverse crowds of diners.
New Census numbers, released Thursday, show Warren is 1 of 6 counties in the U.S. that became "majority minority" in 2008.
The others are Orange County, Fla.; Edwards and Schleicher counties in Texas; Finney County, Kan.; and Stanislaus County, Calif.
The new estimated numbers from the Census show that 50.4% of the people in Warren County are black, Hispanic, Asian or other racial minority. The county's population is 49.6% white.
Warren County, on the Mississippi River, is the home of Vicksburg.
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