Chapter fourteen talks about the Southwest border are and because Oregon is located in the Northwest, this post will focus on the Hispanic population in Oregon as Hispanic Americans was a section in the chapter.
According to the Pew Hispanic Center, Oregon has the 18th largest Hispanic population in the nation. It's Hispanic population is approximately 12-percent of its total state population. The state has a Hispanic population of about 452,000. Oregon's 2010 Census showed that there has been a 64-percent Hispanic population increase in the state since 2000. It showed that the state's Hispanic population is growing faster than its total population which grew 12-percent in the same time-frame.
Of the approximately 452,000 Hispanics in Oregon, about 125,000 of them are eligible voters. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, that is five-percent of the state's eligible voters. Forty-percent of the Hispanic population are homeowners and there are more than 200,000 Hispanics in the workforce.
The median age of the Hispanic population in Oregon is 23, meanwhile, the median age of non-Hispanic Whites is 42.
Oregon has had some of the highest Hispanic business growth rates in the nation, with a growth of 43.6-percent of Hispanic-owned businesses. Hispanics held $7 billion of purchasing power in the state alone in 2009.
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"Press." Hispanic Leadership Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2012. <http://hispanicleadershipnetwork.org/2012/05/top-10-facts-about-hispanics-in-oregon/>.
"USA TODAY." USATODAY.COM. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2012. <http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2011-02-23-oregon-census_N.htm>.
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"Ridenbaugh Press/Northwest." Ridenbaugh Press/Northwest. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2012. <http://www.ridenbaugh.com/index.php/2011/02/23/and-in-oregon/>.
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"OLMIS." - Demographic Breakdown of Central and South Central Oregon Counties. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2012. <http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ArticleReader?itemid=00007955>.
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