November is Latin American Month:
• 48.4 million is the estimated Hispanic population of the U.S.
as of July 1, 2009. The nation’s largest ethnic or race
minority is people of Hispanic origin.
•132.8 million is the projected Hispanic population of the U.S.
on July 1, 2050.
•66% of Hispanic origin people in the U.S. have a Mexican
background. 9% have a Puerto Rican background. 3.4%
are Cuban. 3.4% are Salvadoran. 2.8% are Dominican.
The remainder was of some other Central American, South
American, or other Hispanic or Latino origin.