[colombiamigra] Fw: Press Release: Characteristics of the 60 Largest Hispanic Metropolitan Areas
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Press Release September 19, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Russ Oates
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Characteristics of the 60 Largest Hispanic Metropolitan Areas
In 50 of the Top 60, Mexican-Origin Hispanics are
the Largest Hispanic Group
Nearly half (45%) of the nation's Hispanic population lives in just 10
metropolitan areas and more than three-in-four (76%) live in 60 of the largest
Hispanic metropolitan areas, according to an analysis of 2010 American
Community Survey (ACS) data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew
Research Center.
The Los Angeles, California, metropolitan area has the nation's largest
Hispanic population—5.7 million—and alone accounts for more than one-in-ten
(11%) Hispanics nationally. The New York-Northeastern New Jersey metropolitan
area is the second largest by Hispanic population (4.2 million) and is home to
8% of Hispanics nationwide. Overall, 10 metropolitan areas have one million or
more Hispanic residents.
In addition, the Pew Hispanic analysis finds that in 13 of the 60 metropolitan
areas, Hispanics are a majority of all residents. In two—Laredo, Texas, and
McAllen, Texas—the Hispanic population share is above 90%.
The Hispanic origin composition in the top 60 metropolitan areas also varies.
In Miami-the seventh largest Hispanic metropolitan population-Cubans make up
more than half (54%) of all Hispanics. In the Washington,
D.C./Maryland/Virginia, area—the 12th largest Hispanic metropolitan
population—Salvadorans are the largest, making up 34% of the area's Hispanic
population. Puerto Ricans are the largest Hispanic origin group in the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/New Jersey, area—the 24th largest Hispanic
metropolitan area—making up more than half (53%) of all Hispanics there.
Mexican-Americans are by far the nation's largest Hispanic origin group,
comprising 65% of the total Hispanic population in the United States. They are
also the largest Hispanic origin group in 50 of the 60 metropolitan areas
covered by this report, and make up more than half of the Hispanic population
in 46 of them. Additionally, in 33 of these metro areas Mexicans are not only
the largest Hispanic origin group, they are also bigger than any other racial
or ethnic group.
This report compares the 10 metropolitan areas with the largest Hispanic
populations on a range of demographic and socioeconomic variables—including
Hispanic origin, age, nativity, citizenship, education, English proficiency,
household income, homeownership, poverty and health insurance.
Accompanying this report are statistical profiles for each of the 60 largest
metropolitan areas by Hispanic population. Each statistical profile describes
the demographic, employment and income characteristics of the Hispanic
population in that metropolitan area, as well as the area's non-Hispanic white
and black populations. Also accompanying the report are two interactive
maps showing key characteristics of the Hispanic population in each of the
nation's 60 largest metropolitan areas by Hispanic population and the
distribution of the six largest Hispanic origin groups across the nation's more
than 3,000 counties.
The report, "Characteristics of the 60 Largest Metropolitan Areas by Hispanic
Population," authored by Seth Motel and Eileen Patten, research assistants, Pew
Hispanic Center, is available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website,
www.pewhispanic.org.
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, is a
nonpartisan, non-advocacy research organization based in Washington, D.C. and
is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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