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March 7, 2011
What is the LEAST Latino State in the Union? West Virginia
from latino.foxnews.com :: Tagged demographics, West Virginia
August 16, 2010
New Mexico issued 10,257 licenses to immigrants through the first six months of 2010, compared with 13,481 for all of 2009
from latimes.com :: Tagged license, New Mexico, statistic
July 27, 2010
Abortion is legal in only one nation in Latin America, Cuba. Five countries — Chile, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic — ban it under all circumstances, even when the mother’s life is in danger
from nytimes.com :: Tagged abortion, Cuba, latin america, latina
July 20, 2010
76% of immigrants say their well-being depends on other Hispanics succeeding – about double the number of American-born Latinos who say so
from wgal.com :: Tagged statistic
37% of Hispanics are not high school graduates, compared with 14% of the overall population
from wgal.com :: Tagged statistic
June 13, 2010
Did You Know that not one of the Texas’ 181 legislators is a Hispanic Republican. – “The figures are irrefutable. I am extremely concerned,” longtime Republican advertising executive and political consultant Lionel Sosa said of his party’s future.
from chron.com :: Tagged GOP, Lionel Sosa, racial issues, Republican, Texas
May 14, 2010
Did You Know? May is Latino Books Month – (sure haven’t seen a lot a press about this)
from newsok.com :: Tagged book
May 1, 2010
Did You Know: “The Democratic-controlled House in Massachusetts came unexpectedly close to passing a measure this week that would have barred illegal immigrants from receiving state and federal benefits in the state. – In the end, the bill failed 75-82, but that was much tighter than the tally on a similar measure last year, which lost by a lopsided 40-118.”
from nytimes.com :: Tagged democrat, Massachusetts
March 18, 2010
March 17, 2010
Tennessee has 15,000 Puerto Ricans that will need to get new birth certificates
from tennessean.com :: Tagged Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Tennessee
March 16, 2010
Did You Know? Tom Flores was the first Hispanic quarterback to play professional football when he was signed by the Oakland Raiders in 1960 in the old American Football League.
from ourdailybreadbyjoeortiz.blogspot.com :: Tagged football, Tom Flores
February 11, 2010
By one estimate, in the last 10 years, over 100,000 immigrant parents of U.S. citizen children have been deported from the United States.
from latinalista.net :: Tagged children, parents
Estimated 5.5 million children with unauthorized immigrant parents – 75% of whom are U.S.-born citizens
from latinalista.net :: Tagged children
January 13, 2010
In the past 500 years, a dozen major earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have occurred in the Caribbean near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the island of Hispaniola
from repeatingislands.com ::
In 1946, a M8.1 quake hit the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola, and produced a tsunami that killed almost 2,000 people.
from news.bbc.co.uk :: Tagged Dominican Republic
January 7, 2010
In Tennessee, where many districts have seen Hispanic enrollment increase by factors of 10 or more, districts have scrambled to hire more teachers of English as a second language
from nytimes.com :: Tagged teacher, Tennessee
January 4, 2010
Nearly 27,000 people faced serious federal charges relating to immigration in 2009
from latimes.com :: Tagged statistic
December 30, 2009
Among Latinos, English-reading ability was linked with internet use — 81% of Latinos who read English very well were online, as compared with 63% of Latinos who read pretty well, 52% of Latinos who don’t read English well, and 24% of Latinos who can’t read English at all.Conversely, Spanish-reading ability was not associated with internet use at all among Latinos.
from pewresearch.org :: Tagged statistic
Hawaii, New Mexico, Washington and Utah are the only states that don’t ban illegal immigrants from getting driver’s licenses.
from nytimes.com :: Tagged driver's licenses, Hawaii, New Mexico, Utah, Washington
December 14, 2009
Only 3% of school-age Latinos attend Catholic schools in Denver
from denverpost.com :: Tagged catholic, Colorado, Denver, statistic, student
November 30, 2009
59% of Hispanic males and 70% of Hispanic females are finishing high school in Arizona, compared with 78% of White males and 85% of White females.
from azcentral.com :: Tagged Arizona, dropout rate, statistic
75% of Arizona’s Latino children under age 6 live in poverty, compared with 30% of White children in that age group.
from azcentral.com :: Tagged Arizona, children, poverty, statistic
November 19, 2009
There are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States
from nytimes.com :: Tagged children, statistic
November 18, 2009
Hispanics are 9% of the Virginia’s schoolchildren, but 5% of gifted students.
from washingtonpost.com :: Tagged children, statistic, student, Virginia
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.
from americasvoiceonline.org :: Tagged hispanic voters, statistic, voter registration
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