Latino Facts:

By the year 2040, Latinos will comprise 51 percent of the population of California.

In 1993, 90 percent of Latinos lived in urban areas.

In 1993, 9 percent of the U.S. population was Latino, while 13 percent of President Clinton's cabinet was Latino.

In 1993, 60 percent of Mexicans and 64 percent of Puerto Ricans were Democrats, while 64 percent of Cubans were Republicans.

In 1993, 33.7 percent of Puerto Rican households were headed by women, while 15.6 percent of Mexican-American and 15.3 percent of Cuban-American households were headed by women.

In March 1993, Latinos comprised 7.7 percent of the Marines, 6.5 percent of the Navy, 4.5 percent of the Army and Coast Guard, and 3.4 percent of the Air Force.

In 1993, there were 650,000 Latin-owned business in the United States.

The Latino community grew 53 percent between 1980 and 1990, almost five times more than the rest of the population of the United States.

By the year 2010, nearly one out of every six Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one will be Latino.

In 1993, there were 5.4 million Latino public school students in the United States.

As of March 1991, Central and South Americas represented 15.8 percent of the total Latino population in the United States.

As of 1991, 70 percent of all Latino small businesses in New York city were owned by Dominicans.

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