Hispanic Fact Sheet _ 46.9 million Hispanics live in the United States, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest minority. Hispanics constitute 13.4 percent of the nation's total population. (These estimates do not include the 3.9 million residents of Puerto Rico.) _ There are more 10 million Hispanic families. Of these, 63 percent include their own children under 18 years old. _ 28 million U.S. residents age 5 and older speak Spanish at home. Spanish speakers constitute a ratio of more than 1-in-10 residents. Among all those who speak Spanish, more than one-half say they also speak English very well. _ 50% of Hispanic-origin population lives in California and Texas. California is home to 11.9 million Hispanics and Texas, to 7.3 million. More than 3-in-4 Hispanics live in seven states, which have Hispanic populations of 1 million or more each: California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Arizona and New Jersey. _ 40% of the Hispanic-origin population is foreign-born. More than half (52 percent) of foreign-born Hispanics have entered the country since 1990. _ $33,565 was the real median income of Hispanic households in 2001, unchanged from the previous year. _ 46% of Hispanic-origin householders own their homes. _ 1.1 million were Latino veterans of the U.S. armed forces. Another 71,000 Hispanic-origin people were on active duty in 2001 in the United States. Source: U.S. Census Bureau _U.S. Hispanics have a purchasing power of $900 billion. Source: Selig Center for Economic Growth, University of Georgia _ In January 2009, there were 20 million Hispanic Internet users in the U.S. Hispanic Internet users’ online usage intensity, as measured by time spent and pages viewed online, is comparable to that of the total Internet population. Source: comScore Media Matrix _There are six U.S. Hispanic TV networks (Univision, Telemundo, Galavision, Azteca America, Telefutura and CNN en Español) with hundreds of affiliates across the country airing up to four Spanish-language newscasts per day. All large newswires such as Assocciated Press, Reuters and Agence France Press run their Latin American services in Spanish to serve the U.S. Hispanic news media. Additionally, two other Hispanic newswires, Spain's international news agency EFE and Mexico's international news agency Notimex, also serve U.S. Hispanic news organizations in Spanish. More than 500 Spanish-language publications serve Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. Source: Contacto PR News For further information on how Contacto PR News can help your company, please call 818 241 4073 or visit our Frequently Asked Questions' section. Thanks for visiting Contacto PR News website.
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