FULL INTERVIEW: KVUE speaks with Austin's demographic planner about AAPI growth | KVUE
2Lila Valencia is the City's demographic planner.
"The Asian population was the fastest-growing single race group," Valencia said.
Valencia said one of the factors they look at when exploring population growth is the child population.
"Out of every 10 children that were added into the Austin population in the last ten years, six were of Asian descent. So they're a major driver of growth, not just in terms of people moving into the area, but also of people being added into families that are already in the area," Valencia said.
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