A Sneak Peek at America By The Numbers: Clarkston, Georgia

One in three people nowadays are immigrants, Asians, Latinos or African Americans and whites are no longer a majority. This shift is most pronounced in rural areas of the country, particularly in the South. This first episode of “America By the Numbers” visits Clarkson, Georgia, where in the last 30 years, whites have gone from being 90 percent of the population to less than 14 percent. Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa goes in search of the new multicultural America in this companion radio story to the half hour PBS television special airing Sept. 21st.

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