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Transcribed Image Text:The U.S. Census Bureau provides considerable demographic information that is useful for marketers. Assume that the following table provides a sample of such population data. What percentage change in the total and Hispanic
populations occurred in each state between 2000 and 2010?
2000
2010
State
Total
Hispanic
Total
9,687,420
9.883.092
37,251,362
Hispanic
853.287
436,920
14,011,654
Georgia
Michigan
8,164,625
9,930,936
33.884,973
434.140
323,565
California
10,966,610
Fill in the table below. (Round to one decimal place.)
2000-2010
2000-2010
State
Percentage change in the total Percentage change in the
Hispanic population
population
Georgia
15.7 %
49.1%
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