9 Hispanic Americans

Figure 9.1 Hispanic Population of the United States by Origin Note: “Other Hispanic” includes Spanish Americans and Latinos identified as mixed ancestry as well as other Central and South Americans not otherwise indicated by specific country. Source: American Community Survey 2008, released in 2009, Table B03001.

Figure 9.2 Where Most Hispanic Americans Live Source: American Community Survey 2008, released in 2009, Table B03001 by the Bureau of the Census at factfinder.census.gov.

Figure 9.3 Household Income Trends, 1972–2008 Source: Bureau of the Census data in DeNavas-Walt et al. 2009.

Figure 9.4 People in Poverty Trends, 1973–2008 Source: Bureau of the Census data in DeNavas-Walt et al. 2009.

Figure 9.5 Proportion of Immigrant Group Members Speaking Mother Tongue by Generation Note: Based on 5,703 surveyed in metropolitan Los Angeles and San Diego 2000–2004. The 1.5 generation are those who came to the United States to live before the age of 15. The 2 generation are those born in the United States and who had at least one parent who was foreign born. The 3+ generation represents those who, with their parents, were born in the United States but had one or more foreign-born grandparents. Source: Rumbaut, Massey, and Bean 2006, 456.

Figure 9.6 The Borderlands Source: Prepared by author based on Archibold and Preston 2008; Cañas et al. 2007; Marosi 2007; Romero and Ramirez 2007; Thompson 2001.