Stephen Buckner CB03-CR.12 Public Information Office (301) 763-3030/457-3620 (fax) (301) 457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY** Census Bureau Director Will Highlight Growth of Nation's Hispanic Population Census Bureau to Release National Population Estimates by Race and Hispanic Origin What: At the League of United Latin American Citizens National Convention, U.S. Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon will release new estimates of the population by race and Hispanic origin, which show a substantial increase in the number of the nation's Hispanics. Kincannon also will release a new report on socioeconomic characteristics of the Hispanic population. Topics include age, marital status, family type and size, education, income, poverty and housing. When: Wednesday, June 18, noon EDT* Who: Louis Kincannon, director, U.S. Census Bureau Where: Wyndham Palace Resort 1900 Buena Vista Drive, Great Hall Orlando, Fla. -X- *BROADCAST MEDIA: A video news release on the new population estimates by race and Hispanic origin is available to broadcasters upon request; contact Tom Webster in the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on (301) 763-3053.