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The Latino Community in
the United States is not a racial group, nor
does it share one language or culture. The
one unifying trait among all Latinos in the
U.S. is a connection, by ancestry, to Latin
America
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By the year 2050
one-quarter (98.2 million) of the U.S.
population will be Hispanic
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In 2002, the population
in the United States was made up of 37.4
million Hispanics
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34.4% of Hispanics were
under the age of 18 in 2002
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40.2% of Hispanics were
foreign-born in 2002
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In 2002, Hispanics made
up 24.3% of the U.S. population living in
poverty
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Almost 50% of Hispanic
households in the United States are headed
by a foreign-born Hispanic, and many of them
arrived in the United States within the last
two decades
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At the turn of the
century, 6.6 million out of nearly 13
million inhabitants of the U.S./Mexico
border region were of Hispanic origin and
resided in San Diego CA, Pima AZ, and El
Paso TX
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Hispanic Immigrants have
twice the birth rate than that of the
general population in the United States
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As of 2004,
approximately 22.3 million Hispanics in the
United States were Native-born and
approximately 18 million were Foreign-born
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Almost 80% of the Latino
population in the U.S. reside in California,
Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Arizona,
New Jersey, New Mexico or Colorado
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At the time of the 2000
census, almost 57% of the Hispanic
population lived in neighborhoods where they
made up less than half of the population;
the other 43% of the national population
lived in Latino majority neighborhoods
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Hispanics ages 5 to 19
are expected to grow from 11 million in 2005
to 16 million by the year 2020
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4.5 million Children of
Hispanic decent are the largest growth group
for the total number of children in the
United States
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First generation
Hispanics in the United States are primarily
Spanish-speaking at 72%, almost half of
second generation Hispanics are Bi-lingual
at 47%, and third-plus generations are
primarily English-speakers at 78%
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The undocumented
population of the United States has nearly
reached 11 million persons, including over 6
million undocumented immigrants from Mexico;
this represents about 29% of the 36 million
foreign-born residents of the United States
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Nearly 80-85% of
immigration from Mexico in the last few
years has been undocumented
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Despite that most of the
undocumented immigration to the United
States is by young adults (18-39 years old),
around one-sixth of the total undocumented
population (1.7 million) are children under
the age of 18
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The United States Census
Bureau (or any other U.S. government agency)
doesn’t count the undocumented migrant
population nor does it define the
demographic characteristics based on
specific calculations
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There are almost 6
million undocumented persons from Mexico
residing in the United States
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In the 18-39 age group of
undocumented persons residing in the U.S.,
there are about 146 men to every 100 women
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The undocumented migrant
population resides primarily in eight states
although their populations are approximate:
California (2.4 million), Texas (1.4
million), Florida (850,000), New York
(650,000), Arizona (500,000), Illinois
(400,000), New Jersey (350,000), North
Carolina (300,000)
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In the 2000 census, The
Hispanic population was made up primarily of
people from ten countries in Latin America:
Mexico (about 23 million), Puerto Rico
(about 3.6 million), Cuba (about 1.3
million), Dominican Republic (about 1.12
million), El Salvador (about 1.11 million),
Colombia (about 740,000), Guatemala (about
630,000), Ecuador (about 400,000), Peru
(about 380,000), and Honduras (about
360,000)
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The majority of Latinos
in the U.S. (88%) have said that they
describe themselves or their families
(parents, ancestors) as being from a
specific country in Latin America. Latinos
are almost as likely (81%) to use the terms
“Latino” or “Hispanic” when describing
themselves. They are not, however, as likely
to say that they are “American” (53%)
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54% of Hispanics say they
primarily identify themselves in terms of
where their parents are from
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Spanish-speaking
Hispanics feel that they must learn English
in order to succeed in the United States
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Spanish remains the
primary tongue among Hispanic adults
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Second generation
Hispanics in the U.S. primarily speak
English or are Bi-lingual
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83% of Hispanics report
there is a serious issue of internal
discrimination between people from different
Latin American roots. 47% feel that these
judgments stem from disparities in income
and education, and/or also from the origin
of the persons and/or their families from
within Latin America
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Latinos of Mexican origin
are almost evenly divided between
identifying themselves as white or another
race
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The death rate from
homicide is 3 times higher for Hispanic
males than that of non-Hispanic males
