Seeking Our Common and Uncommon Interests: USMexican Partnerships for Social and Educational Develop

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Seeking Our Common and Uncommon
InterestsUS/Mexican Partnerships for Social and
Educational Development

• H. James McLaughlin,
• Department of Elementary Education
• University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• 2 May, 2002

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Population Size and Composition

• 12 of the U.S. population is Hispanic.
• People of Mexican origin comprise approximately
  66 of the U.S. Hispanic population.

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Age
One-third of Hispanics are under age 18.

• Among Hispanics, Mexicans have the largest
  proportion of people under age 18 (38 percent).
• The Hispanic population is younger than the
  non-Hispanic White population.

Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Percent of Population Under Age 18 by Hispanic
Origin 2000
Percent
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Percent of Population Aged 65 and Over by
Hispanic Origin 2000
Percent
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Educational Attainment

• Among Hispanics, Mexicans 25 years and older had
  the lowest proportion of people with a high
  school diploma or more.
• Cubans 25 years and older had the highest
  proportion of Hispanics with a bachelors degree
  or more.

Educational attainment of Hispanics lags behind
non-Hispanic Whites.
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Percent of Population with Less Than 9th Grade
Completed by Hispanic Origin 2000
(Population 25 years and over)
Percent
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Percent of Population with a Bachelors Degree or
Higher by Hispanic Origin 2000
(Population 25 years and over)
Percent
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Percent of Population with Full Time, Year Round
Earnings of 50,000 or More in 1999 by Sex and
Hispanic Origin 2000
(Population 15 years and over with earnings)
Percent
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Percent of Hispanics with Full Time, Year Round
Earnings of 50,000 or More in 1999 by Type of
Hispanic Origin 2000
(Population 15 years and over with earnings)
Percent
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Percent of Hispanics with Full Time, Year Round
Earnings of Less Than 30,000 in 1999 by Type of
Hispanic Origin 2000
(Population 15 years and over with earnings)
Percent
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Poverty
Hispanics are more likely to be living in poverty
than non-Hispanic Whites.

• Over one quarter of Hispanic children under age
  18 live in poverty.
• Hispanic families are more likely to be living in
  poverty than Non-Hispanic White families.

Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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Percent Below Poverty Level in 1999 by Age and
Hispanic Origin
Percent
Source Current Population Survey, March 2000,
PGP-4
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A Tale of Two States
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For more information about the Hispanic
population of the U.S.

• Visit the Census Bureaus Web site
• http//www.census.gov
• Click on Subjects A-Z and Hispanic

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Seeking Our Common and Uncommon
InterestsUS/Mexican Partnerships for Social and
Educational Development

• H. James McLaughlin, Department of Elementary
  Education
• University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• 2 May, 2002