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Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month began on Sept. 15 and ends on Oct. 15. Five Latin American countries celebrate their independence day in the month of September.

5
America has the fifth largest population of Spanish speakers in the world.

7
states have over one million Hispanic people (California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, and New Jersey).

7.4
million Hispanic or Latino families live in the United States.

13.5
median number of years that the U.S. population born in Latin AMerica had lived in the United States

14
percent of Hispanic workers are emloyed in managerial or professional occupations.

20.6
million people are of Mexican origin.

28
million people over the age of five speak Spanish at home.

30
percent increase between 1992 and 1997 in the number of Hispanic firms

39
million people of Hispanic heritage live in the United States.

39
percent of minority-owned firms in 1997 owned by Hispanics, more than any other minority group.

41
percent of Hispanic workers employed in service occupations or as operators and laborers

52
percent of the nation’s foreign-born residents were born in Latin America.

57
percent of Hispanics 25 and over have at least a high school education.

68
percent of the nation’s Hispanic population that was either foreign-born themselves or had at least one parent who was foreign-born

80
percent of Hispanic men age 16 and over who were in the labor force

97
percent of East Los Angeles residents who were Hispanic, highest of any place with 100,000 or more population outside Puerto Rico

* information based
on U.S. Census for
the year 2000


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