ED478281 UD035809
Title: The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 2002.
Population Characteristics. Current Population Reports.
Author(s): Ramirez, Roberto R.; de la Cruz, G. Patricia
Author Affiliation: Bureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC.
Economics and Statistics Administration.(BBB29493)
Pages: 9
Publication Date: June 2003
Notes: For the March 2000 report, see ED 451 264.
Report No: P20-545
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Availability: U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics
Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233. Tel: 301-763-4636; e-mail: pop@census.gov. For full text: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html.
Language: English
Document Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Reports--Research
(143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEFEB2004
Government Level: Federal
This report describes the Hispanic population in the United States
in 2002 using data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in the Annual
Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey.
Results indicate that more than one in eight people in the United
States are of Hispanic origin. Hispanics are more geographically
concentrated than non-Hispanic Whites, and they are more likely to
live inside central cities of metropolitan areas. Hispanics are more
likely than non-Hispanic Whites to be under age 18. Two in five
Hispanics are foreign born. Hispanics live in family households that
tend to be larger than those of non-Hispanic Whites. More than two in
five Hispanics age 25 and older have not graduated from high school.
Educational attainment varies among Hispanics. Hispanics are much
more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to be unemployed. Hispanics and
non-Hispanic Whites have different occupational distributions.
Hispanic workers earn less than non-Hispanic white workers. Hispanics
are more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to live in poverty. (SM)
Descriptors: *Census Figures; Educational Attainment; Employment
Level; Family Characteristics; Family Income; Geographic
Distribution; Graduation; *Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans;
*Population Trends; Poverty; Residential Patterns; Secondary
Education; Socioeconomic Status; Urban Areas; Wages
Identifiers: Census 2000; Current Population Survey
