pulation growth. The city's population has nearly doubled in 35 years, from
just over 650,000 in the 1970 census to an estimated 1.2 million in 2005,
through both population growth and land annexation (the latter has considerably
enlarged the physical area of the city). In 1990, the Census Bureau reported
San Antonio's population as 55.6% Hispanic, 7% black, and 36.2% non-Hispanic
white
