The Hispanic population is growing rapidly in the Hamptons of Long Island, New York

The Hispanic portion of East Hampton Township’s population nearly doubled between 2000 and 2010, according to census figures, to 26.4% from 14.8%; it was 5% in 1990. Hispanics made up 41% of the East Hampton Union Free School District’s student population in 2012, up from 21.7% 10 years earlier and 5% 10 years before that, according to State Education Department figures.