In Nebraska, the Latino population jumped 77% between 2000 and 2010, when the state's population overall grew 7%.

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It has its own economy and got two homegrown banks in the mid-2000s, when the population of Little Saigon grew by 30%.

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Unfortunately, that prosperity could not be sustained during the 19th century, when the lands grew less fertile, and much of the population left for more profitable fields.

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