Academic Literature -Latinos/Hispanos in USA

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Latinos/Hispanos in the United States

Characteristics, size, growth of, and changes in the population from Latin America that lives in the United States, generally speaking, and the differences that exist from one group to another based on nationality.

• Counting the "Other Hispanics": How many Colombians, Dominicans, Ecuadorians, Guatemalans and Salvadorans are there in the United States?
  By Roberto Suro
  Lenguage: English
  
  Census 2000 reported a very large increase from the 1990 Census in the number of Hispanics who declined to specify a national origin but instead identified themselves under the heading of "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino." At the same time, Census 2000 produced a lower count of several Central and South American nationalities compared to projections based on data tracking immigration trends. This study reports on an alternative estimate of the breakdown of the Hispanic population according to national origin groups. Based on recently released Census Bureau data, the estimate reduces the "other" category by more than half. This estimate does not change the overall size of the Hispanic population, but it does offer a new calculation of how national groups are distributed within that population.
• 2002 National Survey of Latinos
  Pew Hispanic Center / Kaiser Family Foundation
  Lenguage: English
  
  National Survey of Latinos comprehensively explores the attitudes and comprehensively explores the attitudes and experiences of Hispanics on a wide variety of topics. This survey was designed to capture the diversity of the Latino population by including almost 3,000 Hispanics from various backgrounds and groups so that in addition to describing Latinos overall, comparisons can be made among key Hispanic subgroups as well.

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