Pennsylvania lawmakers will have some demographic changes to consider as they redraw the legislative and congressional district lines this year. The population is moving, and Pennsylvania is more racially diverse than it was a decade ago, data released Thursday from the U.S. Census Bureau show. Of Pennsylvania’s 13 million people, 75 percent are white, compared to 2010 when 81.9 percent of Pennsylvania’s population was counted as white. The black or African American population is currently 10.9 percent, virtually unchanged from 2010’s count of 10.8 percent. The Asian population is 3.9 percent, showing growth compared to 2010 when 2.7 percent of Pennsylvania’s population was Asian. Those classified as “some other race alone” make up 3.9 percent of the population compared to 2.4 percent in 2010. Those identifying as two races of more are now 6 percent of Pennsylvania’s population according to the new numbers, a major growth compared to 1.9 …
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