Did You Know + Arizona Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 18, 2009

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.

May 15, 2008

Did You Know? In Phoenix, 15,976 immigrants applied for citizenship during fiscal 2007, which ended Sept. 30, up 64 percent from 2006.

April 10, 2008

Did You Know? Phoenix police union president Mark Spencer said a 2006 police homicide summary report shows 63 percent of murder victims in Phoenix were Hispanic.

March 5, 2008

Did You Know? Sometime in the coming months, a single music label, Universal Music, will control almost half of the U.S. Latin music marketplace. – because of recent laws

January 31, 2008

Did You Know? A van of 11 people believed to be illegal immigrants were in custody after a vehicle the van rear ended tapped a Homeland Security vehicle in an automobile accident Tuesday.

January 15, 2008

Did You Know? More illegal immigrants are caught in Tucson than anywhere else. Last year, Border Patrol agents arrested almost 400,000 immigrants.

December 9, 2007

Census projections say Latinos will make up 50 percent of Tucson’s population by 2015.

September 12, 2007

Did You Know? The median earnings of an Anglo working full time is $31,769; for Hispanics the figure is $21,119. But the gender gap is more pronounced for Anglos ”” women make 76 cents compared to each dollar for men ”” versus the 88 cents on each dollar for Hispanic women versus their male counterparts. – Arizona

Did You Know? Nearly one out of every seven adult males in Arizona is not a U.S. citizen

September 9, 2007

Did You Know? s many as 200 undocumented immigrants who graduated from Arizona high schools have received private scholarship money through Arizona State University to help pay for out-of-state tuition this semester.

September 7, 2007

Did You Know? Phoenix passed the San Francisco Bay Area to move from No. 9 to No. 8 with 358,440 Hispanic television homes.

August 13, 2007

Did You Know? Arizona’s Hispanic residents will have more than $28 billion to spend this year on everything from burritos to back-to-school backpacks

July 31, 2007

Did You Know? Phoenix the countrys second-fastest-growing Hispanic market

June 27, 2007

Did You Know? The recent hot spell – temperatures have reached 100 every day since June 13 – has taken a toll on illegal entrants. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector have found 11 bodies in the past 12 days, bringing this fiscal year total to 109, compared to 116 the same time last year.

February 13, 2007

Did You Know? Between 2003 and 2005, the number of Hispanics injured across all occupations rose to 8,760 from 5,510, a 59 percent increase in Arizona