And not in a good way at all :

A new study from the University of New Hampshire shows Hispanics now account for half of U.S. population growth, driving growth in major cities and rural communities.

The study from the Carsey Institute says "natural increase'" meaning more births than deaths, is now the major reason for the growth, replacing immigration.

Kenneth Johnson, the report author, said the trend will remake the social and cultural fabric of communities for decades.

The report said Hispanics are a major source of growth in rural America, accounting for 45.5 percent of population growth between 2000 and 2005.

For many rural communities, Hispanic gains represent the first population growth in decades.

Of course, the study uses the word "hispanic" which is meant to Europeanize and in turn "whitewash" black, indigenous and all other ancestries from everybody coming from Latin America. So in effect, these "hispanics" could be treated as replacement white people for the dwindling white Europeans.

Nevertheless, they're still a mostly Catholic and pagan bunch. Which is why it would probably freak out many "Christian Nationalists" like Sarah Palin.

And if you need to know what a "Christian Nationalist", the Anchorage Daily News (or the paper of record from Alaska), has a bit to say about this ambitious theocratic bunch :

Extreme Christian Nationalists not only believe that the United States was founded as a Christian nation but that its institutions should be run entirely by fundamentalist or evangelical Christians. They believe they have a mandate to purge our institutions of "humanists" who believe that humans are in control of their own destiny, progressive Christians and non-Christians. They believe there are seven areas of society that must be controlled, the so-called Seven Mountains Strategy: church, family, education, government and law, media, arts and entertainment and business.

Muthee echoed this Christian Nationalist strategy in his Palin blessing sermon, where he stated, "When we talk about transformation of a society, a community, it's where we see God's Kingdom infiltrate ... seven areas in our society." Muthee went on to describe his version of the Seven Mountains Strategy and when he got to politics he was praying for Gov. Palin.

Go read the whole thing.