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New faces of Finney County in a changing heartland
Garden City in Finney County illustrates a shift as non-Hispanic whites become a minority with Latinos 45 percent of the population and growing African and Asian communities. Somali immigrant Abshiro Warsame, who works at Tyson Fresh Meats, embodies the new mix as she studies English and Spanish while calling the town home since moving seven years ago after her husband was murdered. A US flag hangs in her flat, reflecting a broader American migration pattern shaping southwest Kansas by 2050 according to Census projections.
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