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

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.

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.

January 9, 2008

Did You Know? 40 percent of Hispanic teens said they were afraid of being shot in Chicago.

October 21, 2007

In 2006, only 5% of state employees in Illinois were Hispanic while 15% of Illinoisans are Hispanic.

September 25, 2007

Did You Know? Chicago’s home attendance for MLS games averaged 14,055 before Blanco’s arrival. The team’s last three games have drawn an average of 19,799, and today’s game with D.C. United is expected to be a sellout

August 29, 2007

Did You Know? Record Number of Illinois Students take AP Exams – black and Hispanic students up more than 30 percent

August 9, 2007

Did You Know? Cook County’s Latino population grew by nearly 130,000 from 2000 to 2006, a 12 percent increase – Illinois

July 11, 2007

Did You Know? Advertisers spent $123 million in 2006 on Hispanic media in Chicago

Did You Know? Hispanics will account for more than one out of five Chicagoans by then, reaching 2.15 million residents with $58 billion in buying power

June 5, 2007

Did You Know? Dolores Kunda is the 2007 Chicago Advertising Woman of the Year. Kunda, president and CEO of Lapiz, the Hispanic division of Leo Burnett, has more than 20 years of experience working with blue chip clients in the ad industry

May 23, 2007

Did You Know? Fernando Treviño, 57, has been selected as new chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, another accolade in a long and diverse career.

January 5, 2007

Did You Know? More than 100,000 Latinos in the Chicago area are eligible to vote but are not registered

December 18, 2006

Did You Know? The Hispanic communitys skyrocketing rate of obesity-related diabetes — which accounts for the largest percentage of vision-loss cases among people under age 50 — has fueled a 10 percent increase in Hispanic clients at Lighthouse over the last 10 years. – Chicago

December 7, 2006

Did You Know? Puerto Ricans in Chicago are three times more likely to die of diabetes than white residents and almost twice as likely as black residents