Community + Did You Know Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
October 12, 2009
Hispanics make up a record 25.7% of the New York Police Department.
June 23, 2009
Fort Worth is the largest city in Texas without a Hispanic representing a House seat
June 16, 2009
Hispanic Businesses in Baltimore – A Fact Sheet
May 14, 2009
Hispanics nearly 10% of Washington state’s population
November 11, 2008
Hispanic numbers double in 6 Oklahoma counties
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 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 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.
August 1, 2008
Democracia USA was responsible for registering 35% of all the new Hispanic voters in 2006
June 30, 2008
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.
June 23, 2008
Did You Know? Only 2 percent of the New Hampshire’s foreign-born population comes from Mexico
May 14, 2008
Did You Know? Officials say 90% of the Latino students at Postville high school aren’t in class today and a third of all the students in kindergarten through eighth grade are absent. – Impact of raid – Iowa
May 13, 2008
Did You Know? Tulsa police say about 40 percent of all robberies target Hispanic immigrants. – Oklahoma
May 1, 2008
Did You Know? There may more than 10,000 Mayan Indians living in outlying areas of metro Atlanta
April 14, 2008
Did You Know? The Bay Area’s digital divide is also apparent when comparing Latinos with other ethnic groups. Just 57 percent of Latinos have some form of Internet access and 50 percent have a broadband connection. – California
March 24, 2008
Did You Know? The Hispanic population in Green Bay could reach 30 percent of the population by 2032, according to a Wisconsin think thank that studied recent demographic trends.
Did You Know? There are over 100,000 Hispanics is Hawaii representing roughly 9% of the state’s population.
March 13, 2008
Did You Know? researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health conclude that the McAllen metropolitan area is one of the five worst regions of the country in its proportion of Latino children who live in “low-opportunity” neighborhoods compared to white children.
March 6, 2008
Did You Know? Georgia’s Latino population has grown about seven-fold in the last 18 years, from 100,000 in 1990 to 700,000 in 2006
November 6, 2007
Did You Know? The first Hispanic female Immigration and Customs Enforcement National Academy instructor announced Monday that she will run for El Paso County sheriff. – Maria Guadalupe Dempsey
January 29, 2007
Did You Know? Black and Latino New Yorkers are 90 percent of the homeless
January 11, 2007
Did You Know? 29 percent of New York City’s latest round of police recruits are Hispanic
