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.

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• 43%

  <blockquote><strong>43% </strong>is the percentage increase in the Hispanic population between April 1, 2000, and April 1, 2010, making Hispanics the fastest-growing minority group. Source for all statistics: <a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf" target="_hplink">United States Census</a> </blockquote>

• 50.5 million

  <blockquote><strong> 50.5 million</strong> is the size of the Hispanic population of the United States as of April 1, 2010, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or race minority. Hispanics constituted 16.3 percent of the nation's total population. In addition, there are 3.7 million residents of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory. </blockquote>

• 132.8 million

  <blockquote><strong>132.8 million</strong> is the projected size of the Hispanic population of the United States on July 1, 2050. According to this projection, Hispanics will constitute 30 percent of the nation's population by that date. </blockquote>

• 2nd

  <blockquote><strong>2nd</strong> is the ranking of the size of the U.S. Hispanic population worldwide, as of 2010. Only Mexico (112 million) had a larger Hispanic population than the United States (50.5 million). </blockquote>

• 14 million

  <blockquote><strong>14 million </strong>is the size of the population of the Hispanic-origin population that lived in California in 2010, up from 11 million in 2000. </blockquote>

• 96%

  <blockquote><strong>96%</strong> is the percentage of the population of Webb County, Texas, that was Hispanic as of 2010. This is the highest proportion of any county in the country.</blockquote>

• 82

  <blockquote> <strong>82</strong> is the number of the nation's 3,143 counties that were majority-Hispanic.</blockquote>

• 10.4 million

  <blockquote>10.4 million is the number of Hispanic family households in the United States in 2010.</blockquote>

• 35 Million

  <blockquote><strong>35 million</strong> is the number of U.S. residents 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2009. Those who <em>hablan español</em> constituted 12 percent of U.S. residents. More than half of these Spanish speakers spoke English "very well." </blockquote>

• 26.6%

  <blockquote><strong>26.6%</strong> is the poverty rate among Hispanics in 2010, up from 25.3 percent in 2009, and 23.2 percent in 2008.</blockquote>

• 14%

  <blockquote> <strong>14%</strong> the percentage of the Hispanic population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher in 2010.</blockquote>

• 47%

  <blockquote><strong>47%</strong> is the percent of the foreign-born population that was Hispanic in 2009.</blockquote>

• 9.7 million

  <blockquote><strong> 9.7 million </strong>is the number of Hispanic citizens who reported voting in the 2008 presidential election, about 2 million more than voted in 2004. The percentage of Hispanic citizens voting went from 47 percent in 2004 to 50 percent in 2008. </blockquote>

• 1.1 million

  <blockquote><strong>1.1 million</strong> is the number of Hispanics or Latinos 18 and older who are veterans of the U.S. armed forces.</blockquote>

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??