Did You Know?

The U.S. Latino population already equals the African American population and is poised to soon make up the single largest ethnic group in the country. In 2000, Latinos were 35.3 million strong, accounting for nearly 13 percent of the total U.S. population. By 2020, the Latino population is projected to double to 70 million, or 21 percent of the U.S. population, and by 2050, people of His-panic origin are projected to number more than 100 million. In fact, the number of Hispanics in the U.S. today is greater than the entire population of Canada, and is growing at a faster rate than the general population, more than 60 percent in the last decade. U.S. Latinos are the fifth-largest Spanish-speaking community in the world, behind those of Mexico, Colombia, Spain and Argen-tina.
Facts on U.S. Latinos from the U.S. Census Bureau

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