Latino businesses GROW/THRIVE in Nebraska..

[Omaha Cowboy]

From today's W-H:

'A recent Census Bureau report shows Nebraska's Latino-owned businesses opening at a rate faster than the U.S. average.

And nationally, the Cornhusker state ranked No. 1 in the percentage increase in revenue generated by Latino business owners.

Sales receipts in Nebraska reached an estimated $434 million in 2002, according to the study, which covered 1997 to 2002. That's a 207 percent increase from five years earlier.

Nebraska started with a smaller base, so its growth relative to larger immigrant gateway states is more pronounced. And while the number of Latino-owned firms in the state jumped by 37 percent, they still accounted for less than 2 percent of Nebraska's businesses.


Still, Nebraska's immigrant-fueled Latino population was the nation's 10th-fastest-growing last decade. Through 2005, the state continued to add an average of 6,000 Latinos a year, said Rakesh Kochhar of the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Hispanic Center.'..

Impressive growth!..

The complete W-H story link:

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140952

..Ciao..LiO....Peace