While the population over 65 increased by 27.5% between 2000 and 2010, the under-18 population decreased by 17.3%.
Crime and unemployment have been the main reasons that led thousands of working-age Puerto Ricans to leave the island in search of safer surroundings and more financial stability.
Data from the 2010 Census shows this, which was [...]
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The 2010 Census highlighted the familiar trend that immigrants from Dominican Republic have settled in Puerto Rico in large numbers, becoming part of communities and accepting jobs Puerto Ricans do not want.
Dominicans continue to risk their lives on the high seas to search for a better future in U.S. territory. A [...]
The state of Minnesota is famous for its 10,000 lakes, its long-lasting, icy winters, and Mall of America, which used to be the world’s largest mall. However, it is about more than that: Its 5 million residents live side by side on a daily basis, creating a multicultural mosaic that is [...]
When she started school in Minnesota, after moving from Colorado, the nuns would punish her because she did not speak English, making her stand against the wall with her arms out like a cross. Years later, her school counselor told her she was not “college material” and she should just get [...]
Even in Alaska, you can pass by a building under construction and hear above the din of drills and hammers the unmistakable sound of a Mexican norteño-style accordion.
“We’re everywhere,” some would say. But in this remote, freezing little town in southeast Alaska, surrounded by cold water, gray skies and pines almost [...]
It is the last day of tourist season in this place buried deep between the mountain rain forest and Pacific Ocean channels, in southeast Alaska.
Like in the movies, the businesspeople in downtown start emptying out their stores as if a terrible monster were coming. It might be something similar to that; [...]
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A Cuban pharmacist and a Venezuelan advertising executive operate the popular Cubano’s restaurant in Maryland.
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – The textures and flavors of the Cuba of yesteryear can be experienced in present-day Maryland through what comes out of this restaurant’s kitchen. Influenced by other Latin American ingredients, its dishes [...]
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BALTIMORE, Maryland – In Maryland, Hispanics honor the state motto: “Manly deeds, womanly words.” According to the 2010 Census, there are 470,632 Hispanics in Maryland, while the overall population totals 5,773,552.
Of Maryland’s 24 counties, Montgomery County has the highest percentage of Hispanics according to Census data: 17% of the [...]
Like other states of the union, Ohio recorded an increase in its Hispanic population. And although Hispanics only account for 3.1% of the overall population, their numbers increased 64.3% since 2000.
According to data from the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs, 354,674 Hispanics live in this state, and 50% of them are of [...]
Hispanic leaders seem to prefer using the past tense when speaking about the community in Washington, D.C. “There were many businesses… this used to fill with people,” they say, at ease. Despite the fact that the city continues to have a significant Latino population, the group’s emigration and immigration has left [...]
