Latinos in the 2012 Election: Utah
There are 123,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Utah, 7% of all eligible voters in the state.
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There are 123,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Utah, 7% of all eligible voters in the state.
An estimated 4.7 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin resided in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in 2010.
Nativity Nearly two-fifths (37%) of all Hispanics are foreign born, compared with 13% of the overall U.S. population. The groups with the largest foreign-born shares are Guatemalans, Hondurans and Peruvians (all 67%). Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are the only Hispanic origin groups with majority native-born shares. Only 36% of Mexicans and 1% of Puerto Ricans[6. […]
Among the 50.7 million Hispanics in the United States, nearly two-thirds (65%), or 33 million, self-identify as being of Mexican origin, according to tabulations of the 2010 American Community Survey.
Income In 2010, the median household income for Hispanics in the U.S. was $40,000, less than the U.S. median of $49,800. Ecuadorians have the highest median household income among these groups, at $50,000. The median household incomes for Colombians ($49,500) and Peruvians ($48,000) are slightly less than that. Dominicans ($34,000), Puerto Ricans ($36,000) and Hondurans […]
About two-thirds of U.S. Hispanics speak only English at home or speak English very well, compared with 91% of the total U.S. population
English Proficiency Nearly two-thirds (65%) of all U.S. Hispanics ages five and older either speak only English at home or speak English very well. This compares with 91% of the total U.S. population who are English proficient. The Hispanic origin groups with the highest rates of English proficiency are Puerto Ricans (82%), Mexicans (64%), Colombians […]
Among the 10 largest Hispanic origin groups,[8. numoffset=”8″ Appendix figure A.1 contains a more detailed list of the top 10 counties by Hispanic origin group. For more details about regional and state distribution, see the accompanying profiles for each of the 10 largest Hispanic origin groups.] all have their largest populations in just three states: […]
Browse detailed demographic and economic profiles of Hispanics in the United States by their countries of origin in 2010.
With a median age of 27, Hispanics in the United States on the whole are younger than the general U.S. population.
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