{"id":48603,"date":"2016-10-14T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-del-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-10-14T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:48:03","slug":"mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-del-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-del-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Census Bureau Profile America Facts For Features: Hispanic Heritage Month 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 14, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; In <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 1968<\/span>, Congress authorized President <span class=\"xn-person\">Lyndon B. Johnson<\/span> to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week, observed during the week that included <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 15<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 16<\/span>. In 1989, Congress expanded the observance to a month-long celebration (<span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 15-Oct. 15<\/span>) of the culture and traditions of those who trace their roots to <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and the Spanish-speaking nations of <span class=\"xn-location\">Central America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">South America<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20161006\/428773-INFO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20161006\/428773-INFO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 15<\/span> is the starting point for the celebration because it is the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: <span class=\"xn-location\">Costa Rica<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">El Salvador<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Guatemala<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Honduras<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Nicaragua<\/span>. In addition, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Chile<\/span> celebrate their independence days on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 16<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 18<\/span>, respectively. <\/p>\n<p><b>Population <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>56.6 million<br \/><\/b>The Hispanic population of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2015<\/span>, making people of Hispanic origin the nation&#8217;s largest ethnic or racial minority. Hispanics constituted 17.6 percent of the nation&#8217;s total population.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>1.2 million<br \/><\/b>The number of Hispanics added to the nation&#8217;s population between <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2014<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2015<\/span>. This number is nearly half of the approximately 2.5 million people added to the nation&#8217;s total population during this period.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>2.2%<br \/><\/b>The percentage increase in the Hispanic population between 2014 and 2015.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>119 million<br \/><\/b>The projected Hispanic population of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> in 2060. According to this projection, the Hispanic population will constitute 28.6 percent of the nation&#8217;s population by that date.<br \/>Source: 2014 National Population Projections, Table 10<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/population\/projections\/data\/national\/2014\/summarytables.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.census.gov\/population\/projections\/data\/national\/2014\/summarytables.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>63.4%<br \/><\/b>The percentage of those of Hispanic or Latino origin in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> who were of Mexican origin in 2015. Another 9.5 percent were Puerto Rican, 3.8 percent Salvadoran, 3.7 percent Cuban, 3.3 percent Dominican and 2.4 percent Guatemalan. The remainder were of some other Central American, South American or other Hispanic or Latino origin.<br \/>Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table B03001<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/B03001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/B03001<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>States and Counties<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>10.7 million<br \/><\/b>The estimated population for those of Hispanic origin in <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2015<\/span>.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H\/0400000US48?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H\/0400000US48?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>9<br \/><\/b>The number of states with a population of 1 million or more Hispanic residents in 2015 \u2014 <span class=\"xn-location\">Arizona<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Colorado<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Illinois<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New Jersey<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New Mexico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span>.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/faces\/tableservices\/jsf\/pages\/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2015_PEPSR6H&amp;prodType=table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/faces\/tableservices\/jsf\/pages\/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2015_PEPSR6H&amp;prodType=table<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>54.5%<br \/><\/b>The percentage of the Hispanic population in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> that lived in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 1, 2015<\/span>.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>15.2 million<br \/><\/b>The Hispanic population of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. This is the largest Hispanic population of any state.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPASR6H?slice=hisp~hisp!year~est72015<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>4.9 million<br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles County<\/span> had the largest Hispanic population of any county in 2015.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPSR6H\/0500000US06037?slice=Hisp~hisp!Year~est72015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/PEP\/2015\/PEPSR6H\/0500000US06037?slice=Hisp~hisp!Year~est72015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>49,000<br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-location\">Harris County<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> had the largest numeric increase of Hispanics from 2014 to 2015.<br \/>Source: Vintage 2015 Population Estimates<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/faces\/tableservices\/jsf\/pages\/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2015_PEPSR6H&amp;prodType=table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/faces\/tableservices\/jsf\/pages\/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2015_PEPSR6H&amp;prodType=table<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>Families and Children<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>16.2 million<br \/><\/b>The number of Hispanic households in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> in 2015.<br \/>Source: Families and Living Arrangements, Households, Table H-3<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/households.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/households.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>47.7%<br \/><\/b>The percentage of Hispanic households that were married-couple households in 2015. Among all households in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, 48.2 percent were married-couple households.<br \/>Source: Families and Living Arrangements, Table H-3<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/households.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/households.html<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>57.6%<\/b><br \/>The percentage of Hispanic married-couple households that had children younger than age 18 present in 2015, whereas for all married-couple households it was 64.3 percent.<br \/>Source: Families and Living Arrangements, Table H-3<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/households.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/households.html<\/a><b><\/p>\n<p><\/b><b>66.8%<br \/><\/b>The percentage of Hispanic parent\/child family groups that included two parents in 2015, whereas for all parent\/child family groups, it was 69.5 percent.<br \/>Source: Families and Living Arrangements, Table FM-2 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/families.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/families.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>46.0%<br \/><\/b>The percentage of Hispanic married couples with children under age 18 where both spouses were employed in 2014, whereas nationwide it was 59.7 percent.<br \/>Source: Families and Living Arrangements, Table FG-1<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/cps2014FG.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.census.gov\/hhes\/families\/data\/cps2014FG.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Spanish Language<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>40 million <br \/><\/b>The number of U.S. residents age 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2015. This is a 131.2 percent increase since 1990 when it was 17.3 million. Those who hablan espa\u00f1ol en casa constituted 13.3 percent of U.S. residents age 5 and older. More than half (59 percent of all Spanish speakers and 57.4 percent of Hispanic Spanish speakers) spoke English &#8220;very well.&#8221; <br \/>Source: 1990 Decennial Census<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/prod\/2003pubs\/c2kbr-29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>https:\/\/www.census.gov\/prod\/2003pubs\/c2kbr-29.pdf<\/u><\/a> <br \/>Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table DP02 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/DP02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/DP02<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over (Hispanic or Latino) <br \/>Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table B16006\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/B16006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/B16006<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Language Spoken at Home<br \/>Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table S1601<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/S1601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/S1601<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>72.9%<br \/><\/b>The percentage of Hispanics age 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2015.<br \/>Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table B16006 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/B16006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/factfinder.census.gov\/bkmk\/table\/1.0\/en\/ACS\/15_1YR\/B16006<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>Income, Poverty and Health Insurance<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-money\">$45,150<\/span> <br \/><\/b>The median income of Hispanic households in 2015.<br \/>Source: Income and Poverty in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>: 2015, Table 1<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2016\/demo\/p60-256.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2016\/demo\/p60-256.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>21.4%<br \/><\/b>The poverty rate among Hispanics in 2015.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>Source: Income and Poverty in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>: 2015, Table 3<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2016\/demo\/p60-256.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2016\/demo\/p60-256.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><b>16.2%<br \/><\/b>The percentage of Hispanics who lacked health insurance in 2015. <br \/>Source: Health Insurance Coverage in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>: 2015, Table 5<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2016\/demo\/p60-257.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2016\/demo\/p60-257.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Esta es una versi\u00f3n parcial del comunicado. 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Johnson<\/span> to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week, observed during the week that included <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 15<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 16<\/span>. In 1989, Congress expanded the observance to a month-long celebration (<span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 15-Oct. 15<\/span>) of the culture and traditions of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}