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November 19, 2009
There are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States
November 18, 2009
Hispanics are 9% of the Virginia’s schoolchildren, but 5% of gifted students.
In the 8 states poised to gain congressional seats, Latino voter registration grew 45% and Latino voter turnout expanded 50% between 2000 and 2008. – In the 11 states poised to lose seats, Latino voter registration grew 50% and Latino voter turnout expanded 62% between 2000 and 2008.
Latinos make up a combined 77% of the population growth in the eleven states projected to lose a House seat – would have fared worse had Latinos not moved there in record numbers
After the 2010 Census, new Members of Congress in states like Georgia and South Carolina as well as Arizona and Texas will owe their positions, in part, to the expanding Latino population.
November 11, 2009
Nearly 70% of Latinos think that spiritual healing is very important in maintaining health and well being.
October 12, 2009
Hispanics make up a record 25.7% of the New York Police Department.
October 7, 2009
Young Latino adults in the United States are more likely to be in school or the work force now than their counterparts were in previous generations. In 1970, 77% of Hispanics ages 16 to 25 were either working, going to school or serving in the military; by 2007, 86% of Latinos in this coming-of-age group were taking part in these skill-building endeavors
89% Latino young adults ages 16 to 25 say that a college education is important for success in life, yet only about half that number-48%-say that they themselves plan to get a college degree
September 28, 2009
41% non-citizen, non-legal permanent resident Hispanic adults state that their usual provider is a community clinic or health center.
September 24, 2009
Salvadoran immigrants and Americans of Salvadoran descent have grown to number 1.6 million — essentially tying them with Cubans as the nation’s third largest Latino group
September 21, 2009
Nearly 2.5 million Latinos in the United States, or roughly 10 percent of the nation’s Latino population, are afflicted with diabetes, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program. – By 2050, the agency predicts, two of five Latino young people, and one in two Latino females born in the year 2000, will have developed diabetes.
September 15, 2009
Asthma affects about 33 Puerto Rican children for every two non-Latino Caucasian children.
September 8, 2009
Margaret Montoya, a longtime member of the University of New Mexico law school faculty, was the first Latina to be admitted to Harvard Law School.
New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Petra Jimenez Maes was one of the first two Hispanic women to graduate from the University of New Mexico’s law school. In 2003, she became the state’s first Latina chief justice.
September 7, 2009
Hispanic women make up only 1.3% of all lawyers in the United States. That is the lowest representation of any racial or ethnic group (overall and within their own gender) as compared to their overall presence in the nation – Latinas make up over 7% of the country’s population
June 29, 2009
65% of whites, 51% of African-Americans and 44% of Hispanics searched for health information according to eMarketer
June 26, 2009
“The majority of the US Hispanic population is bilingual, and they decide where and when to speak English and Spanish,” says Ms. Phillips. “Marketers should execute campaigns and offerings in both languages,” explains Ms. Phillips. “The efforts will not go unnoticed, as English-dominant speakers will still see and appreciate messages targeted to them in Spanish, and Spanish-dominant speakers will know the advertiser is serious about addressing them.”
June 24, 2009
About 40.9 percent of Hispanic children between 10 and 17 years old are obese in the United States, according to the BHC. But in Texas this number is even higher, at 46.8 percent.
“Even under the low immigration assumptions, minorities will fuel 73 percent of household growth in 2010-20, with Hispanics leading the way at 36 percent,” researchers found.
June 23, 2009
Fort Worth is the largest city in Texas without a Hispanic representing a House seat
The Estefans wouldn’t be the NFL’s first Hispanic owners. E. Javier Loya, CEO of CHOICE! Energy, is a Houston Texans limited partner.
College enrollment for Hispanic students at Georgia’s public and private schools grew by almost 150 percent, or about 7,700 students, from 1997-2007
June 18, 2009
The backlog of immigration cases awaiting disposal by the judges is steadily increasing. Since the end of FY 2006 this backlog has grown by 19% – over the past decade, it has increased by 64%.
June 16, 2009
Hispanic Businesses in Baltimore – A Fact Sheet
70 Percent of Hispanics Over 50 Are Still Working
June 8, 2009
The number of Hispanic students at the Naval Academy is more than 14 percent in the Class of 2013, up from more than 10 percent the year before
June 4, 2009
Wisconsin made 5,000 pounds of Hispanic cheeses in 2008
June 3, 1943 marked the start of just over a week of violence on the streets of Los Angeles that would come to be known as the Zoot Suit Riots – 66th Anniversary
May 30, 2009
Did You Know? There are more Hispanics in the U.S. than Spaniards in Spain.
May 14, 2009
Hispanics nearly 10% of Washington state’s population
May 11, 2009
Peru has 162,000 adolescent mothers
April 13, 2009
Hispanic spending growing in Carolinas – Hispanics are currently the second biggest spenders in North Carolina, accounting for 9.4% of total buying dollars.
April 10, 2009
22% of 4 year old Hispanic children are obese according to new research
April 7, 2009
An analysis of OIS data by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund reveals that nearly one out of two (44%) of the nation’s 1,046,539 new U.S. citizens was Latino
March 24, 2009
One person dies every day in Peru because of lack of organ donors
March 21, 2009
Did You Know? In 2009 there are only 45,000 Hispanic doctors in the US out of 900,000 total
December 15, 2008
Did You Know? Two of every five first-time home buyers in the Tampa Bay area will be Hispanic within the next 20 years
December 3, 2008
If you’re getting ready to start a business or have one that already exists, you might want to consider the fact that by the year 2010, Hispanics will make up one-third of the U.S. buying market.
Poll: Miami’s Cuban-Americans favor end to embargo
November 18, 2008
Did You Know? The 95 million Black, Hispanic and Asian consumers living in the U.S equal the 12th most populous country in the world
November 17, 2008
The 65th Infantry Regiment is the only all-Hispanic unit in the history of the U.S. Army. It was created in 1899 to help re-establish law and order on Puerto Rico following its seizure during the Spanish-American War, according to information from the city. The regiment participated in World War I, World War II and the Korean War.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City posted a 6.1 percent gain in its total minority enrollment and a 17 percent increase in Hispanic freshmen.
November 12, 2008
Between 2004 and 2008, Hispanic voters INCREASED as a percentage of the electorate in the following battlegrounds: AZ (+4), CO (+5), IA (+2), IN (+2), MI (+1), MN (+2), MO (+1), MT (+3), NV (+5), NH (+1), NM (+9), NC (+2), ND (+2), OH (+1), PA (+1), SD (+3), VA (+2), WV (+3), and WI (+1). Between 2004 and 2008, Hispanic voters DECREASED as a percentage of the electorate in the following battlegrounds: FL (-1), GA (-1), NJ (-1)
November 11, 2008
Hispanic numbers double in 6 Oklahoma counties
November 7, 2008
In 1964, President Johnson’s top adviser, Jack Valenti, cut down a group of Latinos seeking presidential appointments. “You have one percent of the vote, so you have one percent of my attention,” Raul Yzaguirre recalled Valenti saying.
November 6, 2008
Today marks the last day of a three-week hunger strike by immigrant rights protesters who hoped to re-energize the movement. – Los Angeles
Hispanic children had a 65% higher probability than non-Hispanic, white children of being uninsured at some point during the year with an insured parent and an 80% greater chance of being uninsured for more than 6 months
November 3, 2008
Of the 25 counties with the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the United States, seven are in Northern Virginia, according to a new report by the Pew Hispanic Center.
October 29, 2008
Did You Know? Hispanic children had lower rates of reported food allergy (3.1 percent) than non-Hispanic white (4.1 percent) or non-Hispanic black children (4 percent.)
Did You Know? Text Cambio to 62262 to receive regular updates from the campaign in Spanish
October 27, 2008
Did You Know? Hispanic immigrants contribute $842 more per resident to local revenues than they receive in local expenditures, according to the study. Latino immigrants have long settled in Long Island, but since 2000, Hispanics, especially from Central America, have made up more than one-half of the immigrants arriving there.
October 26, 2008
Did You Know? Miami-Dade has 50,859 ESOL students (15% of the district’s student body) and in Broward has 24,631 ESOL students (almost 10% of all students) – Florida
September 25, 2008
In Las Vegas alone, more than 25,000 homes owned by Hispanics have been foreclosed.
September 22, 2008
With a population of about 162,900 citywide, Ecuadoreans are New York’s fourth largest Hispanic contingent, behind Puerto Ricans (770,100), Dominicans (587,330) and Mexicans (260,620), according to the census.
September 18, 2008
The sale of tortillas is poised to outpace the sale of sandwich bread for the first time in United States history with sales crossing the $6 billion dollar mark
More than four-in-five Hispanics (81%) say that immigration enforcement should be left mainly to the federal authorities rather than the local police; 76% disapprove of workplace raids; 73% disapprove of the criminal prosecution of undocumented immigrants who are working without authorization; and 70% disapprove of the criminal prosecution of employers who hire undocumented immigrants. A narrow majority (53%) disapproves of a requirement that employers check a federal database to verify the legal immigration status of all prospective hires.
25% of Texas State incoming freshman for the fall of 2008 are Hispanic
September 17, 2008
Compared to a national participation rate of 67%, the Hispanic participation rate in the Food Stamp Program is considerably lower at 56%; while even lower among elderly Hispanics at 34%
September 15, 2008
Former state Assemblyman Robert Pacheco has been named co-chairman of California Latinos for McCain.
Quick quiz: Which has more Hispanic residents, Utah or Puerto Vallarta, Mexico? Utah does now with a census-estimated 306,500 Hispanics compared to tourist-haven Puerto Vallarta’s population of 304,100.
One in five—approximately 10 million—public school students are Latino. And the proportion of Hispanic school-aged children is expected to grow by 166 percent by 2050, quickly outpacing the 4 percent expected growth of non-Hispanic children.
About 47% of all eligible Hispanics voted in the past two presidential elections – the George Bush vs. Al Gore contest in 2000 and the Bush vs. John Kerry election in 2004.
September 11, 2008
New York’s juvenile justice system currently serves nearly 1,900 children at an approximate annual cost of up to $200,000 per child. More than 75% of those children are African-American or Latino.
Hispanic students increased by 13.8% – Fall 2008 University of Indiana
September 10, 2008
Today in 1823 – Simon Bolivar, who led the wars for independence from Spain in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, was named president of Peru, with dictatorial powers
Today in 1945 – Grammy Award winning guitarist and singer, José Feliciano born in Lares, Puerto Rico
Hispanic enrollment at the University of Kentucky is at 61 this year, a 39% increase
September 9, 2008
“About 50,000 Latinos a month turn 18 (in the United States) and are eligible to vote for the first time,” said Mark Lopez, associate director at the Pew Hispanic Center.
Between 1980 and 2007, the Fannie Mae Foundation donated $285,000 to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
September 8, 2008
Argentina’s 2001 default and 2005 restructuring cost bondholders, taxpayers, and investors worldwide an estimated $155 billion.
September 5, 2008
5% Hispanic Delegates at RNC vs. 11.8% Hispanic Delegates at DNC
September 3, 2008
In Stanislaus County, for example, about 59% of white women who gave birth at hospitals reported breastfeeding the newborn exclusively, while 33% of Hispanic women and 32% of black women said they exclusively breastfed – California
Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in women generally—and the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women
August 20, 2008
More than eight in 10 Hispanics said they received health information from alternative sources, such as television and radio.
August 18, 2008
Did You Know? 41-year-old Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal
August 14, 2008
Did You Know? According to National Priorities Project (a nonprofit research organization that analyzes federal data) 70 percent of Black recruits, 64 percent of Hispanic recruits and 57 percent of White recruits come from neighborhoods at or below the U.S. median household income.
August 12, 2008
Nearly 6 out of 10 African-American and Hispanic children are unable to swim, nearly twice as many as their Caucasian counterparts
August 10, 2008
Diez estados de la región del medio oeste tienen mil cien vuelos en promedio al mes que hacen alguna conexión con México
August 6, 2008
The majority of rural residents in the united states (82%) are non-Hispanic white—a significantly higher fraction than in metropolitan areas (66%)
August 5, 2008
Did You Know? The roughly 5% of US Hispanic ad spending that goes to the Web is even smaller than online’s portion of overall US ad spending, which reached 7.4% in 2007.
August 4, 2008
In the Chicago area, fewer than 5% of Hispanic men are in management, business or finance, compared with 16% of non-Hispanic men, according to another recent study, which found a similar gap for Hispanic women.
August 1, 2008
Did You Know? That 12 years ago Bob Dole ended up with a record-low 21 percent of the Hispanic vote.
Democracia USA was responsible for registering 35% of all the new Hispanic voters in 2006
The Hispanic voting population in the Orlando media market also quadrupled between 1990 -2008 from 66,000 to 234,000
July 28, 2008
Did You Know? Caning has failed to deter 4,326 illegal immigrants from returning to just one Malasyian state to seek employment.
Latinos make up 20 percent of Colorado’s population and 12 percent of its eligible voters – not a huge number but enough to tilt the balance in either Obama or McCain’s favor.
July 27, 2008
Democrat Rick Noriega is trying this year to become the first Hispanic U.S. senator from Texas, good news for some El Pasoans eager to see one of their own in the august chamber.
With a total of 41 security measures, which go from the paper used in its production up to the thread used for its 32 sewed pages, the Peruvian passport or Andean passport is one of the most reliable and difficult to falsify in the world.
July 24, 2008
A review of congressional nominations to the military academies shows that black and Hispanic lawmakers often recommend fewer students
July 22, 2008
Did You Know? Voter registration jumps in North Carolina – 10,000 identify themselves as Hispanic — a 25 percent increase in this new category.
Did You Know? That Nestor Carbonell from Cane plays the mayor of Gotham City in The Dark Knight
July 21, 2008
Did You Know? Latino children have the highest risk for dental problems. Among Latinos, 72% have experienced decay and 26% had cavities on seven or more teeth.
Did You Know? There are enough Hispanics in Rochester, NY for them to have a Latino Night for their Minor League team, with a postgame concert featuring N’Klabe and Milly Quezada
July 17, 2008
Did You Know? The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated last year that more than 17% of the nation’s 3.4 million truck drivers were Hispanic, as were more than 11% of its 578,000 bus drivers
July 16, 2008
Did You Know? The Hispanic teen market has become significant, projected to approach 3 million subscribers by 2012.
July 14, 2008
Did You Know? The shortest contestant in this year’s Miss Universe show was Miss El Salvador, a petite 5-foot-3
Did You Know? 80% of the top five contestants for Miss Universe were Latinas – and 50% for the top ten
June 30, 2008
Did You Know? None of the major Latino organizations-NALEO, LULAC, National Council of La Raza (NCLR), MALDEF, Southwest Voter Registration (leaders of SVREP have, however, taken positions) have come out against the Iraq war.
Did You Know? More than 1,000 miles from the Mexican border, Chicago is home to about 800,000 people of Hispanic origin, mostly Mexican.
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