CENSUS 2010: WHAT IT MEANS FOR LATINO-AMERICANS

Official Census data regarding latinos not released yet.

Another study by the Census Bureau estimates growth of US Latinos to be about 29% fromm 2000 to 2009

The American Community Survey released last week estimates that there were 45.5 million Latinos in the US in 2009

Data from the official US census reveals that population growth was greatest in states where the Latino or Hispanic population was greatest.

The total population in Nevada, rose 35.1 percent.

Arizona grew 24.6 percent. Texas was up 20.6 percent. North Carolina rose 18.5 percent. Florida grew by 17.6 percent. Colorado grew by

16.9 percent. Washington rose 14.1 percent. New Mexico was up 13.2

percent. Oregon grew by 12 percent California was up by 10

percent.

Latinos by place of Origin: Mexicans at 29.3 million Puerto Ricans at 4.1 million Central Americans 3.6 million South Americans 2.5 million Cubans at 1.5 million Salvadorans at 1.5 Dominicans at 1.2 million

Latinos who consider themselves Spanish, Spanish-Americans, Spaniards and other were 3 million