(Aug. 7) - White populations have declined in more than half of the USA's counties since 2000, helping fuel a rise in the number of communities where minorities are now the majority, an analysis of 2007 Census estimates released today shows.     Among large counties, San Francisco lost the highest percentage of whites — which the analysis defined as people who are not Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian or Native Hawaiian —  with that group dropping 17% from 2000 to 2007.  Cook County, Ill., home of Chicago, had the biggest numerical decline,  losing 215,535 whites  during the same period.      • In more than a quarter of the 1,800 counties that grew from 2000 to 2007, Hispanics provided at least half of the gains. San Diego County gained 161,000 residents,  including 150,000 Hispanics . Hartford County, Conn., gained 19,600, including 18,600 Hispanics.     http://news.aol.com/article/us-demog...-shifts/123131    I wish I could leave a comment, but for some reason it doesn't let me.