1.   An impoverished old Virginia farming town, Surry had long been a place where blacks outnumbered whites, yet a black had never held elective office.

2.   Blacks now outnumber whites.

3.   Black and Hispanic welfare recipients together outnumber whites by about two to one.

4.   Hispanics are expected to outnumber whites in Texas within three decades.

5.   I knew a lot about the Balls, but I never knew much about the slaves, even though on the plantations black people far outnumbered white.

6.   So Asians are on track to quickly outnumber whites for the first time, demographers say.

7.   Under the plan, the district would move farther into the Bronx, and Hispanics would outnumber whites.