Hispanics in the U.S.A.

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Hispanics in the U.S.A.
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Census 2000 Question on Hispanic/Latino Origin
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Census 2000 Question on Race
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• The Hispanic population in the United States
  increased by more than 50 percent since 1990.

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U.S. Population Growth 1990-2000
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• Half of all Hispanics lived in just two states
  California and Texas

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Census 2000 Top 10 States by Hispanic Population
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Census 2000 Top 10 Hispanic States by Percent Of
Total Hispanics
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• Hispanics in New Mexico were 42 percent of the
  total state population, the highest proportion
  for any state.

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Census 2000 Top 10 States By Percent Hispanic
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Hispanic Population as a Percent of Total
Population by State

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• Three states accounted for half of the Hispanic
  population growth California,Texas, and Florida

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Census 2000 Top 10 States By Hispanic Population
Change
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• The largest percentage increases in the Hispanic
  population occurred in the South.

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Census 2000 Top 10 States By Hispanic Percent
Change
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• Growth of the Hispanic population varied among
  the states with the largest Hispanic populations.

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Census 2000 Top 10 Hispanic States By Percent
Hispanic Change
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• In some states the growth of the Hispanic
  population accounted for a large percentage of
  the states overall population growth.

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Census 2000 Top 10 States By Hispanic
Contribution To Growth
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• The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was 99 percent
  Hispanic.

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Puerto Rico

• 1990 3.5 million persons
• Hispanic/Latino origin question not asked
• 2000 3.8 million persons
• 3.8 million Hispanics, 99 percent of the total
  population
• 1990 to 2000 change
• 287,000 persons, an increase of 8 percent

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• Hispanics were the majority of the population in
  19 places of 100,000 or more.

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Ten Places with Highest Percent Hispanic 2000

• East Los Angeles, CA 97
• Laredo, TX 94
• Brownsville, TX 91
• Hialeah, FL 90
• McAllen, TX 80
• El Paso, TX 77
• Santa Ana, CA 76
• El Monte, CA 72
• Oxnard, CA 66
• Miami, Fl 66

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• Mexican was the largest Hispanic-origin group,
  accounting for 59 percent of the U.S. Hispanic
  population

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Percent Distribution of the Hispanic Population
by Type 2000

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• Salvadorans were the largest Central American
  group.

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Hispanic Population by Type 2000

• Central American 1,686,937
• Costa Rican 68,588
• Guatemalan 372,487
• Honduran 217,569
• Nicaraguan 177,684
• Panamanian 91,723
• Salvadoran 655,165
• Other Central American 103,721

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• South Americans represented 4 percent of the
  total Hispanic population.

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Hispanic Population by Type 2000

• South American 1,353,562
• Argentinean 100,864
• Bolivian 42,068
• Chilean 68,849
• Colombian 470,684
• Ecuadorian 260,559
• Paraguayan 8,769
• Peruvian 233,926
• Uruguayan 18,804
• Venezuelan 91,507
• Other Central American 57,532

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• Nine out of ten Hispanics reported White alone
  or Some other race alone.

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Hispanic Population by Race 2000

• Race Number Percent
• Total 35,305,818
• One race 33,081,736 93.7
• White 16,907,852 47.9
• Black or African
• American 710,353 2.0
• American Indian
• Alaska Native 407,073 1.2
• Asian 119,829 0.3
• Native Hawaiian
• Other Pacific Islander 45,326 0.1
• Some other race 14,891,303 42.2
• Two or more races 2,224,082 6.3

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• The median age of the Hispanic population is
  almost 10 years less than that of the overall
  U.S. population.

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Age of the U.S. Population 2000
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