Latinos In 2011: By The Numbers

September 15th to October 15th marks National Hispanic Heritage Month in the US. Hispanic Heritage Week was approved by President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period.

The month was chosen to include the anniversaries of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile and Belize.

The month is meant to recognize the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the U.S. and celebrate Latino cultural heritage.

Learn a little bit about Latinos through these statistical indicators provided by Census.gov.

Comments

[Captain Ron]

10:41 PM on 09/15/2011

Third world America.

[Edson Don Juan]

08:12 PM on 09/17/2011

bible belt

[Winter Skye]

08:49 PM on 09/15/2011

Another fun factoid: 59% of all subwoofers rattling windows in North America and 44% of all spinning rimz belong to Hispanic males!

[Carlariz]

07:50 PM on 09/15/2011

14% with Bachelors, hhmmm seem a lil low, i would think it would be in the 30's, this of course is from my experience, the majority of my friends are hispanic, and out of 10, 8 of us have a Bachelors or higher, 14% doesnt seem logical to me

[spytheweb]

03:28 PM on 09/20/2011

6 Sept 2011 "Hispanics already outnumber all other ethnic groups sent to prison for committing federal felonies. Hispanics reached a new milestone for the first time this year, making up the majority of all federal offenders in the first nine months of fiscal year 2011, according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Hispanics comprised 50.3 percent of all people sentenced in that time period, blacks 19.7 percent and whites 26.4 percent. In comparison, last year Hispanics made up just 16 percent of the whole U.S. population." http://www.limitstogrowth.org/articles/2011/09/06/hispanics-numero-uno-in-federal-prisons/

[Picosa]

01:04 PM on 10/17/2011

For the first time - Latinos make up more than half of all federal felony offenders sentenced so far this year, a major demographic SHIFT SWOLLEN BY IMMIGRATION OFFENCES, according to a new government report.

Latinos comprised 50.3 percent of all people sentenced in that time period, blacks 19.7 percent and whites 26.4 percent.

In comparison, last year Latinos made up just 16 percent of the whole U.S. population.


Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/09/07/immigration-offenses-make-latinos-new-majority-in-federal-prisons-report-says/#ixzz1b3jKnmJh

[inthedesert]

07:38 PM on 09/15/2011

I'm actually really really glad that I am on the downhill side of life and I won't have to experience America as a latino nation. I can't imagine an America where one has to "push 2" to hear a recording in English. I can't imagine an America where speaking English will be optional and those that don't speak Spanish will be in the minority. America will, by then, be merely a mirror nation of Mexico....a poor Mexican country. And yes, America will be poor because all the white people who had made all the bucks that paid for the welfare, etc. for the Mexicans....WILL BE GONE. But, that is EXACTLY where America is headed. And we have BO braying that Mexicans(Latinos)are America's future!! Unbelievable isn't it?

[Carlariz]

07:48 PM on 09/15/2011

So am I, im glad you are on the "downhill side of life" we clearly dont need ignorant people such as yourself, spewing hate, Dang T baggers

[Captain Ron]

10:40 PM on 09/15/2011

That's exactly where we are headed.

[Pleneras]

06:30 PM on 09/15/2011

Now break it down by heritage!

[Carlariz]

07:50 PM on 09/15/2011

you mean by Country, right??