1. Latinos, Population Growth and American Politics Population Resource Center October 5, 2006 Rodolfo O. de la Garza Columbia University & Tomás Rivera Policy Institute

2. state2005190017902000 Pop/ Sq. mi. California36,132,1471,485,053---217.2 Texas22,859,9683,048,710---79.6 Florida 17,789,864 528,542---296.4 New York 19,254,630 7,268,894340,120401.9 Rhode Island 1,076,189 428,55668,8251003.2 Pennsylvania12,429,6166,302,115434,373274

4. U. S. Population by Race and Hispanic/Latino Origin, Census 2000 and July 1, 2005 Race & Hispanic/Latino origin July 1, 2005, population 1 Percent of population Census 2000, population % of population Total Population296,410,404100.0%281,421,906100.0% White237,854,95480.2211,460,62675.1 Black or African American37,909,34112.834,658,19012.3 American Indian& Alaska Nat2,863,0011.02,475,9560.9 Asian12,687,4724.310,242,9983.6 Native Hawaiian/Pac Islander516,6120.2398,8350.1 Two or more races4,579,0241.56,826,2282.4 Some other racen.a. 2 n.a. 15,359,0735.5 Hispanic or Latino42,687,22414.435,305,81812.5

6. Estimated and Projected Hispanic Population, 1950– 2050 Sources: Historical estimates for 1950–1990 from Passel and Edmonston 1994; projections based on Census 2000 from Passel 2003.

7. States with Largest Latino Populations 2000 State Pop.Latino Pop. % of U.S. Latino Pop Cumulative % California32,666,55010,112,98628.6% Texas19,759,6145,862,83516.6%45.3% New York18,175,3012,624,9287.4%52.7% Florida14,915,9802,243,4416.4%59.0% Illinois12,045,3261,224,3093.5%62.5% New Jersey8,115,0111,004,0112.8%65.4% Arizona4,668,6311,033,8222.9%68.3% New Mexico1,736,931700,2892.0%70.3% Colorado3,970,971577,5161.6%71.9% Massachusetts6,147,132377,0161.1%73.0% Total Latino 122,201,447 35,300,000

8. Growth Rate of Latino Population, by State: 1990– 2000 Source: Based on Decennial Census data.

9. 23 States Where Latinos are the Largest Minority Group 2000 Census

10. Nativity Total Hispanic Nativity by Hispanic Origin MexicanPuerto RicanCuban Central American South American Other Hispanic #%#%#%#%#%#%#% Total 40,425100.026,630100.03,840100.01,614100.03,158100.02,114100.03,069100.0 Native24,14659.715,99260.13,79098.759436.81,03232.764130.32,09868.3 Foreign Born 16,27840.310,63839.9501.31,02163.22,12667.31,47269.797131.7

11. Non-U.S. Citizens as a Share of the Adult Latino Population, 1976 - 2004 Year Latino Adults Non-U.S. Citizens % Non-U.S. Citizen 19766,594,0001,876,00028.5% 19808,210,0002,645,00032.2% 19849,471,0003,027,00032.0% 198812,893,0004,815,00037.3% 199214,688,0005,910,00040.2% 199618,426,0007,217,00039.2% 200021,598,0008,439,00039.1% 200427,129,00011,041,00040.7% Source : US Census

12. Table 3: Latino Adult Voters, Adult Citizen Non- Voters, and Adult Non-U.S. Citizens, 1976 - 2000 Latino U.S. Citizen Year Latino Voters Latino Non-VotersNon-U.S. Citizen 19762,098,0002,620,0001,876,000 19802,453,0003,112,0002,645,000 % Change 1976-8016.9%18.8%41.0% 19843,092,0003,622,0003,027,000 % Change 1980-8426.0%16.4%14.4% 19883,710,0004,368,0004,815,000 % Change 1984-8820.0%20.6%59.1% 19924,238,0004,540,0005,910,000 % Change 1988-9214.2%3.9%22.7% 19964,928,0006,281,0007,217,000 % Change 1992-9616.3%38.3%22.1% 20005,934,0007,224,0008,440,000 % Change 1976-00182.8%175.7%349.9% Source: Louis DeSipio and Rodolfo de la Garza,2004. Muted Voices: Latinos and the 2000 Elections, Rowman and Littlefield, Boulder Colorado

13. Table 2: Latino Voters by State, 2000 State # of Latino Registered Voters% Cumulative % % of Latino Voters in 11states 1CALIFORNIA1,91925.4% 29% 2TEXAS1,90525.2%50.7%29% 3FLORIDA80210.6%61.3%12% 4NEW YORK6038.0%69.3%9% 5ARIZONA3044.0%73.3%5% 6ILLINOIS2623.5%76.8%4% 7NEW MEXICO2393.2%80.0%4% 8NEW JERSEY2122.8%82.8%3% 9COLORADO1992.6%85.4%3% 10VIRGINIA1061.4%86.8%2% 11MASSACHUSETTS1031.4%88.2%2% Total6,654

15. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, November 2000. Voting rates by race and ethnicity

16. Looking Backward, Moving Forward… No evidence that immigrant activists have attempted to organize around Mexican interests or the government’s political agenda.