Hispanics move into hurricane regions

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita drove an estimated 450,000 people from their communities along the Gulf Coast last year, but in the storms' wake Hispanics moved in--perhaps 100,000 or more. New government estimates show a region hit by population losses four months after the storms. Orleans Parish in Louisiana lost 279,000 people, and nearby St. Bernard Parish lost 61,000, or 95 percent of its residents. Hispanics, however, swept in by the tens of thousands, according to estimates released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.

from the Chicago Tribune