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- Did you
know that the 57.9% increase in the Hispanic population in the
U.S. from 1990 to 2000 represents a total of almost 13 million
people.
- Over 75%
of all Hispanics live in just seven states: California, Texas,
New York, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, and New Jersey.
- Vermont
has the fewest Hispanics with just 5,504 people, while Maine
has the lowest percentage of Hispanics (0.7%) to its population.
- North Carolina
experienced the highest percentage increase in Hispanic population:
just under 394%.
- The Mexican-American
population increased 52.9% since 1990.
- California
and Texas are the two states with te largest number of people
of Mexican origin or heritage: 8.5 million people and 5.1 million
people, respectively.
- The largest
Puerto Rican populations in the U.S. live in New York, Chicago,
and Philadelphia.
- In Puerto
Rico, 96.3% of all Hispanics are of Hispanic origin.
- The Cuban-American
population in the U.S. increased 19% — nearly one-fifth
— since 1990.
- About two-thirds
of all Cuban-Americans live in Florida, with more than one-half
living in Miami-Dade County.
Source: U.S.
Census Bureau, Census 2000 Brief: The Hispanic Population
by Betsy Guzmán.
This report can be accessed at www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs. |
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