Latinos remain majority in

Latinos remained the San Fernando Valley's majority population in 2008, but their population growth is leveling off, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. Tony Castro in the Daily News.

Latinos now represent 42.4 percent of the Valley's population compared with 41.8 percent for whites. Eight years ago, Latinos were 38.9 percent and whites were 44 percent, but they grew to become the majority group in the Valley about halfway through the decade.

By comparison, Latino growth in the 1990s was much sharper, nearly doubling as the Valley evolved from a white suburb to a multicultural, denser region.