March 9th 2009

1.) According to this map, in 2008 which states had over 10% of their population made up of Latinos?
Arizona, Califorina, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas y Utah
2.) What percentage of the Oregon population is Latino? What percentage of Latinos are registered to vote?What percentage of the California population is Latino? What percentage of Latinos are registered to vote?
10.2% are Latino and 4.2% are registered to vote in Oregon. In Califorina 35.9% are Latino and 22.8% are registered to vote.

1.) What were the states that had over 50,000 Latinos in 1980. What were the states that had over 50,000 Latinos in 2007?
in 1980: Arizona, Califorina, Florida, Hawiwii, Illinois, New Mexico,New York and Texas.
in 2007: Arizona, Califorina, Florida, Hawiwii, Illinois, Navada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washintion.
2.) What were the states that had over 10,000 Latinos in 1980. What were the states that had over 10,000 Latinos in 2007?
In 1980: Arizona, Califorina, Connecticut, Florida, Kananas, Hawiwii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Michigan, Missouri, Navada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washinton and Wisconsin.
3.) Which areas of the United States (southwest, northwest, midwest, east coast etc.) have seen the highest increases in Latinos between 1980 and 2007? West Coast, East Coast and South West.


1.) In the year 2000 there were an estimated six million undocumented Latinos in the US.
2.) In 2050 one in four people living in the US will be Latino.
3.) According to the map on this website, which states have the most Latinos? Arizona, California, Floridia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas.


1.) What are the top ten cities with highest latino population? New York City, Los Angles, Chicago, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix, El Paso, Dallas County, San Diego, y San Jose
2.) What percentage of Latinos have a high school diploma in comparison to what percentage of Non-latino whites? 55% as opposed to 85% non-Hispanic Whites have a high school diploma.
3.) What percentage of Latinos have a Bachelors degree (college diploma) in comparison to what percentage of Non-latino whites? 10% of Hispanics in comparison to 24.6% of non-Hispanic whites have a bachelor’s degree.
4.) What percentage of Latinos work in managerial or professional occupations in comparison to what percentage of Non-latino whites? 16.6% of Hispanics in comparison to 39.9% of Whites work in managerial or professional occupations.
5.) What percentage of Latino households earn more than 35,000 a year? 55% of Hispanic households, in comparison to 68.2% of non-Hispanic White households earned $35,000 or more.
6.) In 2007, What percentage of Latinos lived in poverty in comparison to what percentage of Non-latino whites? 21.5% of Hispanics in comparison to 8.2% of non-Hispanic Whites were in the poverty level.
7.) Which ethnic group has the highest rate of people without medical insurance? Hispanic
8.) What percentage of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and other “Mixed” Latino groups are uninsured? (Give specific percentages for each group). 32.1% of the Hispanic population was not covered by health insurance. (37.6% of Mexicans, 20.4% of Puerto Ricans, 22.8% of Cubans and 32.3% of other Hispanic or Latino groups.)
9.) In 2007: how many Hispanics live in the United States? What percentage of the total population do Hispanics make-up? 45.5 million Hispanics living in the United States, representing 15% os the United States population.
10.) Which states have the highest Hispanic population? California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois.
11.) In 2004, What was the specific percentage of the population that each specific cultural group made up? Mexicans (66%), Central and South Americans (13%), Puerto Ricans (9.4 %), Cubans (3.9%), Other Hispanic Origin (7.5%).
12.) What specific cultural group has the largest proportion of people under age 18, at 36 percent? Mexican.


1.) In 2006, how many Hispanics were uninsured? What is the percentage of uninsured Hispanics in comparison to the percentage of non-Hispanic whites? 15.3 million Hispanics were uninsured. 34.1% of the Hispanic population compared to only 10.8% of non-Hispanic whites (and to 20.5% of Blacks).
2.) Give How many uninsured Latinos are children?As of 2006, how many Latinos were living in poverty? 3.4 Million are children. In 2006, 9.2 million Hispanics were living in poverty (20.6% of the Latino population).