US Latinos, July 1, ‘07 --there are 45.5 million in US, In 1990, it was 22.4 --US Latino pop ranks second in the world, Mexico = 106.2, Colombia = 43,

US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--there are 45.5 million in US, In 1990, it was 22.4

--US Latino pop ranks second in the world, Mexico = 106.2, Colombia = 43, and Spain = 40.3

--we are 15% of the population--1.4 million added since 7-1-’06--since 7-1-’06, 50% of all people added

to US population were Latinos--since 7-1-’06, US Latino population

increased by 3.3%--fastest of any groupSource: US Census, July 9, 2008

US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--64% are of Mexican heritage

--9% are of Puerto Rican heritage--3.4% are of Cuban heritage, roughly half live in

Miami-Dade Co.

--3.1% are of Salvadoran Heritage--2.8% are of Dominican heritage, roughly half

live in NYC

Source: US Census, July 9, 2008

US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--Median age of Latino pop. is 27.6 yrs., whereas US pop. as

a whole is 36.6

--There are 107 Latino males for every 100 females, whereas US pop. as a whole has 97 males for every 100 females

--CA & TX have 48% of all Latinos, CA = 13.2 & TX = 8.6

million

--LA Co. has 4.7 million Latinos, biggest in US, Harris TX & Miami-

Dade, FL = 1.5, and Maricopa AZ has largest increase since ’05 at 71,000

--NM has the highest Latino pop. at 44%, CA & TX at

36%, AZ at 30%, NV at 25%


US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--TX’s Latino pop. Grew by 308,000 since 7-1-’06,

the largest of any state, CA = 268,000, FL = 131,000, & AZ = 102,000

--16 states have at least half-million Hispanics: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, MA, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, PA, TX, VA, & WA

--In 20 states Hispanics are the largest minority: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, ID, IA, KS, MA, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, OR, RI, TX, UT, WA, & WY

--Starr Co., TX has the highest proportion of Latinos = 97%, each of the 11 counties with the highest Hispanic proportion of the total population are in TX


US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--1.4 million Hispanic grandparents who are in the

labor force & are also responsible for most of the basic needs of there grandchildren

--9.8 million Hispanic households in the US: 62% include children younger than 18 yrs.; 67% consist of a married couple; 44% have a married couple with children younger than 18 yrs.

--66% of Hispanic children live with two married parents

--25% of total Hispanic population is younger than 5 yrs


US Latinos, July 1, ‘07

--There are 38 million Hispanics 5-yrs. and older that speak Spanish at home, roughly 78% of Hispanics 5-yrs. or older

--29% of ALL TX & NM residents 5-yrs. and older speak Spanish at home, nationally, the figure is 12%


US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--Hispanics represented 11% of ALL college

students in ’06, in elementary and high school, the figure is 19%

--60% of Hispanics 25-yrs. or older have a high school education,

--13% of Hispanics 25-yrs. or older have at least a bachelor’s degree, or 3.3 million 18-yrs. or older, up from 1.7 million in 1997

--811,000 Hispanics 25-yrs. or older with advanced degrees


US Latinos, July 1, ‘07

--The median income of Hispanic households is $37,781[’06]

--The poverty rate for Hispanics is 20.6%[’06], down from 21.8% in ‘05

--The percentage of Hispanic households without health insurance is 34.1%[’06], up from 32.3% in ‘05


US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--68% of Hispanics 16-yrs or older are in civilian

labor force [’06]:

--24% in service occupations

--22% in sales and office occupations--18% in production, transportation, and materials moving

occupations

--17% in management, professional, or related occupations--17% in construction, extraction, maintenance & repair occupations--2% in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

--82,500 Hispanic chief executives

--46,200 physicians & surgeons-- 53,600 postsecondary teachers--43,00 lawyers


US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--There were 1.6 million Hispanic-owned

businesses in US in ’02--There are 29,168 Hispanic-owned firms with

receipts of $1 million or more--Rate of growth of Hispanic-owned businesses was

TRIPLE [31%] the national average between ’97 to ‘02

--$222 billion was revenue generated by Hispanic-owned businesses in ’02, up 19% since ’97

--44.6% of Hispanic-owned businesses were owned by Mexican, Mexican-American, or Chicanos


US Latinos, Aug 13 ‘09--7.6 million Hispanics voted in the ’04 presidential,

while 9.8 million voted in ’08, a 28.4% increase or 2.2 million new voters [a 15.1% increase for African American voters and a 0.5% increase for non-Latino Whites]

-Florida has the largest percentage increase—48.9%--from 824,000 to 1.2 million

--California has the largest number of Latino voters, 3 million in ’08 vs. 2.1 million in ’04, a 42.3% increase

--5.6 million Hispanics voted in the ’06 congressional elections

Source: Immigration Policy Center, August 13, 2009

Growth of WI’s Hispanics

Between 2000 and 7-1-’07, Wisconsin’s population grew by 238,000 [4.44%] and of those, 78,900 were Hispanics, representing 33% of the total growth. The Hispanic population grew by 41%, almost ten-times the rate of the entire state—In Milwaukee Co. the growth rate was 33.6%

Source: US Census, July 9. 2008

Census Data, WI Hispanics

--Pop. Estimate in 2007 = 5.602 million

--Hispanic Pop. Estimate in ’07 = 268,000, 5.0% of state’s population

--WI Latinos represent 0.6% of US Latino pop.

--65% of WI Latinos are Native-Born

--Median age of WI Latinos is 24-yrs….16 for Native-born and 32 for foreign-born [non-Hispanic whites

= 40-yrs]


US Latinos, July 1, ‘07--72% are of Mexican heritage

--14.6% are of Caribbean heritage:--8.6% = Puerto Rican

--3.3% = Cuban, roughly half live in Miami-Dade Co.

--2.7% = Dominican, roughly half live in NYC

--4.9% are of South American heritage

--4.9% are of “other” Hispanic heritage

--3.4% are of Central American heritage--Vast majority are from El Salvador


Census Data, WI Hispanics

--43% of WI Latinos [15-yrs & older] are married--38% for native-born

--48 for foreign-born

--56% for non-Hispanic Whites

--10% of all births in WI were to Latina women

--Annual personal earnings of WI Latinos is $21,048

--Non-Hispanic Whites = $29,446

--Non-Hispanic Blacks = $19,226


Census Data, WI Hispanics--19% of WI Latinos [17-yrs & younger] are in Poverty

--9% of non-Hispanic Whites

--45% of non-Hispanic Blacks

--15% of WI Latinos [18-yrs to 64] are in Poverty--3% of non-Hispanic Whites

--26% of non-Hispanic Blacks

--7% WI K-12 enrolled students are Latinos

--30% of WI Latinos only speak English at home

--70% of WI Latinos speak other than only English at home


Census Data, WI Hispanics--Milwaukee Co Pop. Estimate is 951,252

--Milwaukee Co. Hispanic Pop. Estimate in ’07 is 110,057, 11.6% of Co., representing 12% of county’s pop.

--From 2000 to 2007, Milwaukee Co. pop. grew by 11,100, while Latino pop. grew by 27,600

--Between 1990 and 2000, Milwaukee Co. pop. declined by 19,000, while Latino pop. grew by 37, 700


WI County Hispanic Pop., ‘07--Brown = 14,077, up 61.8% from ’00 & 5.2% of total

--Dane = 23,158 61.0% 8.5%

--Kenosha = 15,267 41.9% 5.6%

--Milwaukee = 110,057 33.6% 40.2%

--Outagamie = 4,616 43.9% 1.2%

--Racine = 19,297 28.7% 7.1%

--Rock = 9,661 62.3% 3.6%

--Sheboygan = 5,499 45.1% 2.0%

--Walworth = 8,757 42.7% 3.2%

--Waukesha = 12,857 35.3% 4.7%

TOTALS = 223,246 39.9% 82.1%Source: US census

Distribution of WI’s Hispanics

1990 2000____All Latinos 87,609 192,921 (120.2%)

Mexicans 56,903 126,719 (122.7%)

[65%] [65.7%]

Puerto Ricans 17,813 30,267 (69.9%)

[20.3%] [15.7%]

C.A., Cuba, R. D. 3,750 7,123(89.9%)

[4.3%] [3.7%]

So. Amer./Others 9,134 28,812 (215.4%)

[10.4%] [14.9%]Source: US Census

MPS Enrollment of Latinos, Total MPS enrollment

[86,815 = ’07-’08] declined by 13,000 or 13% since 1998-’99

School Enrollment Percent Percent Year of Total Increase1998-1999 13,275 13.3% 1999-2000 14,162 14.2% 6.7%2000-2001 14,796 15.1% 4.5%2001-2002 15,740 16.1% 6.4%2002-2003 16,637 17.1% 5.7%2003-2004 17,524 18.0% 5.3%2004-2005 17,981 19.2% 2.6%2005-2006 18,570 20.1% 3.3%2006-2007 18,880 21.0% 1.7%2007-2008 19,012 21.9% 0.7%

Source: WINSS Successful School Guide website, Department of Public Instruction, WI

MPS Latino Teachers, FTE’s

Year | Latinos | Total MPS | Female | Male | Total|

________________

2002 247 78 325 (5.4%)* 5,9802003 270 89 359 (5.5%) 6,4702004 267 78 345 (5.8%) 5,9292005 272 82 364 (6.2%) 5,8582006 258 88 346 (6.4%) 5,420

*--Percent of total MPS teachers

Source: Statistical Information Center - School Staff and Salary Data. website, Department of Public Instruction, WI

MPS Student/Teachers Ratio

One [1] White teacher for every two [2] white students

One [1] African-American teacher for every forty-eight [48] African-America students

One [1] Latino teacher for every fifty-nine [59] Latino students

Source: Statistical Information Center - School Staff and Salary Data. website, 2004, Department of Public Instruction, WI

Percent US Latino, 1980

Percent US Latino, 2000

Latinos and The CensusIs it Race or Ethnicity?

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Race (one-race); No Data Collected for Latinos

Race (one-race); Spanish Origin Yes or No

Race (one-race); Spanish/Hispanic OriginMex/PR/Cuban/Other

Race (one-race); Hispanic OriginMex/PR/Cuban/Fill-in-the-Blank

Race (multi-race); Hispanic/LatinoMex/PR/Cuban/Fill-in-the-Blank

“Latinos Can be of Any Race”

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

United States

Wisconsin

White

Black

American Indian

Asian

Other

2+ Races

AmericanWhite Black Indian Asian Other 2+ Races

United States 16,839,535 654,510 356,783 140,046 14,989,372 2,258,18547.8% 1.9% 1.0% 0.4% 42.5% 6.4%

Wisconsin 85,904 3,506 3,575 717 81,428 15,91945.0% 1.8% 1.9% 0.4% 42.6% 8.3%

Latinos Challenge the American Racial Paradigm

Almost Half of Latinos Do Not Define Themselves in Classic American Racial Terms

Review Questions1.) Why is Latino population growing so much?

2.) What percent of the WI population are Latinos?

3.) What is the country of origin of Latino?

4.) Is there a shortage of Latino teachers? Why?

5.) What % of the total US Latino pop. live in WI?

6.) What can we conclude of the census “box” choices of Latinos?

Documents

US Latinos, July 1, ‘07 --there are 45.5 million in US, In 1990, it was 22.4 --US Latino pop ranks second in the world, Mexico = 106.2, Colombia = 43,