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Title: 1 in 2 new Americans since 2000 is Hispanic
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Arizona Republic
URL Source: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarep ... es/0609census-hispanic09.html#
Published: Jun 11, 2005
Author: Jon Kamman
Post Date: 2005-06-11 17:31:30 by Zipporah
Keywords: Americans, Hispanic, since
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The nation's Hispanic population has expanded by 6 million people since the 2000 census, equaling the growth of all other minorities and non-minorities combined.
Census Bureau estimates being released today show a Hispanic population of 41.3 million as of July 1, 2004.
With that 17 percent growth since the official census date of April 1, 2000, Latinos continued to widen their margin as the nation's largest minority group.
Immigration accounted for nearly half of the increase, and a high birthrate the rest.
Observers say the continuing rapid growth has broad implications on fronts ranging from the economy and race relations to politics and education.
"Now we are everywhere," said Jon Garrido, a leader of an aggressive faction of the Valley's Hispanic community. "I project that in the year 2020 the majority of the population in Arizona will be Hispanics."
Indeed, the nation's Hispanic growth rate is well above that of Arizona as a whole. As the nation's second fastest-growing state, Arizona added just 12 percent to its population in the 4 1/4 years in which Hispanics grew by 17 percent. Nevada, the top state for growth, also lagged the Hispanic rate by a fraction.
The effect is that for every six people of Hispanic ancestry in the United States in 2000 there are now seven.
Since 2000, the Latino population has expanded nearly three times faster than the nation as a whole. Hispanics now constitute 14.1 percent of the nation's population, estimated at 293.7 million. That's an increase from 12.5 percent in 2000 and 9 percent in 1990.
In estimating immigration, the Census Bureau does not distinguish between legal and undocumented entries. It attributed 45.6 percent of the Hispanic growth since 2000 to immigration.
Also, the Latino population's median age, 26.9 years, means Hispanic women are within the peak years of fertility. The median age of non-Hispanic Whites, commonly referred to as Anglos, is more than 13 years older, at 40.
For now, Hispanics have the highest proportion of children younger than age 5 among all minority groups except people of biracial heritage. About 1 of every 11 Hispanics, or 9 percent, is of preschool age.
That statistic will have an impact on schools nationwide for years to come as educators try to accommodate large numbers of children who speak mostly Spanish.
The effects are strongest in border states. In Arizona, Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano and a Republican Legislature are at odds on funding levels for instruction of 175,000 English-language learners as required under a federal court order.
The census estimates were for the nation as a whole. No figures were provided on the state or local level.Growth rate slowing
As dramatic as the numbers are, they represent a slowing of the Hispanic growth rate from the furious pace of the 1990s. Today's annual growth rate of 4 percent is about two-thirds of the average 5.8 percent measured in that decade.
Still, the rate is "very, very substantial" and unseen since the Irish and German influx in the 19th century, said Tom Rex, research manager at the Center for Business Research at Arizona State University.
Whether the rate declines in the short term depends mostly on whether the nation changes immigration policies and enforcement, Rex said. In the long run, however, diminishing job opportunities in this country and declining birthrates in both Mexico and the United States will bring a natural slowing of the pace, he said.
In 2000, the official count of Hispanics was slightly below the 35.7 million total of Blacks, who then made up the largest minority group.
Since then, the Black population has grown by 1.8 million, or one-third the rate of Hispanics, and now totals 37.5 million.
Asians rivaled Blacks' growth with an increase of 1.7 million, to a total of 12.3 million. That amounted to a 16.4 percent growth rate, second only to the Hispanic rate.
The Native American population grew by 6 percent, to 2.8 million.
Anglos should see Hispanics not only as a huge economic and political force but also as individuals with circumstances and heritage as varied as their own, members of the Hispanic community said.
Lack of English, education and job skills are liabilities new immigrants face, but about two-thirds of the nation's Latinos were born in this country and many are as highly educated as their Anglo or other racial counterparts, they said.No constraints
"I am a fourth-generation U.S. Hispanic," said 62-year-old Garrido. "In the earlier years, we were contained in self-imposed reservations called south Phoenix," he said, adding that nothing constrains growth and mobility today.
Mesa resident José Fernández, 61, recalled that he had trouble cashing a paycheck because of a language barrier when he came from Mexico 34 years ago although he was a college graduate. Now, as owner of his own optical shop in Phoenix, he caters to predominantly Hispanics, many of whom do not speak English.
"They don't need to. They don't want to," Fernández said. "They have their own radio, their own TV, newspapers, churches, and they bring in a lot of food from Mexico," he said.
"If we're creating another culture, I'm not saying whether it's better or worse, it's just different."
Regrettably, his own adult children speak little or no Spanish, Fernández said, but both cultures should have two languages at their command.
Unity also was on the mind of the Rev. Ramón Montoya as a busload of Bible-study students, Hispanics, Blacks and Anglos, filed into Iglesia en la Calle (Church on the Street), where he is pastor.
The church is in a neighborhood near downtown Phoenix where more than half of the residents are Hispanics who are not U.S. citizens.
"We need not to curse the blessings that come; we need to learn how to utilize them. If we work together, it will be a great solution," Montoya said.
"My father came from Mexico and I've been here all my life.
"But we tend not to sympathize with most of the people who are coming in. They are hungry, they want to work and they work hard," he said.
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
The news darkens with each and every report, yet the average European-American is blind to their perilous state. They are busy watching Oprah, or similar distractions such as basketball or the latest reality show. Interested in consumerism, materialism and vanity they are helpless dupes of the media which gives them their goals, their morals and their beliefs. This is not by accident this change in American demographics, it is by design, planned over a hundred years and more. Why him is one of those mysteries of life. It implies there is something about him that even he does not know.
Most people are totally blind to this and one day they will see the strangle hold... Now if this doesnt wake people up I dont know what will check this out..
Seems no one else is interested...
It is interesting I mentioned the issue to my state representative.. and he was like HUH? Totally oblivious..
Subject: Teaching Math Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried. Why do I tell you this? Please read more about the "history of teaching math": Teaching Math In 1950 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? *************************************** Teaching Math In 1960 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit? **************************************** Teaching Math In 1970 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit? **************************************** Teaching Math In 1980 A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20. ****************************************** Teaching Math In 1990 By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the forest birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down the trees. (There are no wrong answers.) ******************************************* Teaching Math In 2005 El hachero vende un camion carga por $100. La cuesta de production es.............
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
LOL.. no wait ..this isnt funny it's pathetic cause its true.. !
The same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. These people are just plain stupido
LOL..
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Shame on you for making poor counter girls cry.
There really was a conspiracy to do so.
#2. To: 1776 (#1)
#3. To: Zipporah (#2)
#4. To: who knows what evil (#3)
Seems no one else is interested...
#5. To: Zipporah (#4)
#6. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#5)
#7. To: Zipporah, Itisa1mosttoolate (#6)
Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her.
Yez, Baaz!
#8. To: Flintlock (#7)
These people are just plain stupido
#9. To: Zipporah (#0)
#10. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#5)
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