Posted on 10/25/2008 11:51:55 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Hispanics account for more than half the U.S. population growth this decade, indicating a powerful new sign of their demographic clout, according to a Pew Hispanic Center report released Thursday.
The Hispanic population also expanded dramatically in the 1990s, but in that decade its growth accounted for less than 40 percent of nation's total population increase.
Hispanics now represent 50.5 percent of the U.S. population growth since 2000, although they were only 15 percent of the population in 2007.
The Pew report also highlights a significant new driver of the population increases for the nation's largest minority: Unlike the 1990s when immigration was the major factor in Hispanic population growth, births in the U.S. are mostly responsible for the increases this decade.
Harris County's population is now 39 percent Hispanic, the second highest percentage among the nation's 3,141 counties, according to Pew. The addition of 400,853 new Hispanic residents to Harris County between 2000 and 2007 represents the third largest numerical increase in the nation, behind Los Angeles and Maricopa County, Ariz., according to Pew's analysis of U.S. Census figures.
''We've been saying this all along," said Laura Murillo, president and chief executive of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. ''We think the demographics of the Hispanic community have, and will continue, to grow steadily. This is due to the fact we have many people who are second- and third-generation Hispanics in this country."
Murillo said the chamber's corporate sponsorships have quadrupled, a sign that companies are eager to tap into the growing economic power of Hispanic consumers. The Houston chamber is now the largest Hispanic chamber in the state, and membership in recent years has increased from 600 to 2,800, she said.
''The role that Hispanics play, for Houston and the country, is becoming ever more important," Murillo said.
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How many pesos to get 1 amero?
Natural Democrats, except ones that fled communist countries. They know...
Yes, like the one that killed Bill Cosby's son! Many of those from communist countries are plan and simple crooks.
Well first they do when they get here is have an anchor baby.
In 18 years, those anchor babies will start voting, and they are were totally screwed.
That reminds me of 1984 movie Scarface
Welcome to the future. This is why the party will die. These folks are producing amazing numbers of citizens and that vote will go to the party that promises them the most crap. We are on our way to being a third world country.
“Hispanics may turn out to be the heroes this year if they go to the polls as Catholics and vote down the pro-abortion Obama and against gay marriage in California. “
They might take down gay marriage but they will go Obama. And do so heavily. Obama is killing McCain in polls of hispanic voters. Even if those polls are way off he still is whipping him.
I'm white, but through marriage, I have a Hispanic last name. My husband was Hispanic, born in East LA. His Hispanic parents were born in Arizona. All the men have serve in the U.S. military. I stopped counting my many colored "Hispanic" grandchildren at 15 --- It got kind of complicated after that.
Please keep in mind, that many "Hispanics," have family lines that have been in the United States territory since it was acquired by this nation. They have assimilated, married non-Hispanics, etc. It's called a melting pot. Yet, when the census takers ask, "Are you Hispanic?" they honest answer is 'yes.'
“’’We’ve been saying this all along,” said Laura Murillo, president and chief executive of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. ‘’We think the demographics of the Hispanic community have, and will continue, to grow steadily. This is due to the fact we have many people who are second- and third-generation Hispanics in this country.”
Oh, please. How abut the 20 million illegal aliens?
Diversity is NOT about creating a majority foreign population!
“Hispanics may turn out to be the heroes this year if they go to the polls as Catholics and vote down the pro-abortion Obama and against gay marriage in California. “
Hispanics have a higher rate of abortions than whites.
: Just the Data
Black and Hispanic women have higher rates of abortion than non-Hispanic whites, the report states. Other facts about U.S. abortions from the Guttmacher ...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801164.html -
Sep 26, 2008 ... Abortion rates among black and Hispanic women were three to five times greater than those of non-Hispanic white women. ...
www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/11083 -
There is no requirement to play by that game. I list native American, my family was here when we were a British colony.
What amazes me about our wonderful new immigrants is that they flee a country that offers them nothing but communism and socialism and come over here and vote for the very type of government they fled.
I guess when you have a growing welfare state you can’t blame them. Getting on welfare and living in a housing project beats living on a dirt floor or in a shack.
These newly minted voters will cause the end of the USA and certainly the GOP. We have got to stop this from happening by voting.
“There is no requirement to play by that game. I list native American, my family was here when we were a British colony.”
Is that legal? I’d love to do that.
Hispanics have a higher rate of abortions than whites.
And a 50% illegitimacy rate. After migrating here from their home countries, our toxic popular culture and our welfare state lead to a high rate of failure to form stable families and family breakdown.
You don’t see a possible “Bradleyto effect”?
Show me a link for that one.
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