Hispanics of Dominican Origin in the United States, 2009
An estimated 1.4 million Hispanics of Dominican origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
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An estimated 1.4 million Hispanics of Dominican origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
An estimated 1.1 million Hispanics of Guatemalan origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
An estimated 917,000 Hispanics of Colombian origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
An estimated 625,000 Hispanics of Honduran origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
An estimated 611,000 Hispanics of Ecuadorian origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
An estimated 557,000 Hispanics of Peruvian origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in last year’s election—a record for a midterm. Fueled by their rapid population growth, Latinos also were a larger share of the electorate in 2010 than in any previous midterm election, representing 6.9% of all voters, up from 5.8% in 2006.
The 2010 Census counted 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States, making up 16.3% of the total population. The nation’s Latino population, which was 35.3 million in 2000, grew 43% over the decade.
The number of Hispanics counted in the 2010 Census was nearly 1 million more than expected, based on the most recent Census Bureau population estimates.
For the first time since the official end of the Great Recession in June 2009, native-born workers in the second half of 2010 joined foreign-born workers in experiencing the beginnings of a recovery in employment.