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Changing Gears: Latinos are shaping the Midwestern economy

The Hispanic population doubled in Ohio in the last decade, according to the latest Census, but then it was small to begin with and still only makes up three percent of Ohio's population. But the number of Hispanics nationally has grown to 16% of the country and that rapid expansion does include pockets of the Midwest. As Niala Boodhoo of our Changing Gears team reports, that rise is good for business, especially small business.

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