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Demographics

 * **As of July 1, 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates 45,504,000 Hispanics in the United States (not including Puerto Rico),** **with a growth rate of 28.9% from 2000 to 2007**, making Hispanics the fastest-growing population group in the U.S. ("Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009," U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2009, Table 6, page 9: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/pop.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]][[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * **In July 2007, Hispanics account for 15.1% of the population (not including Puerto Rico).**
 * **In July 2008, the population of Puerto Rico was estimated to be 3,958,000, of whom 28.8% are under the age of 20** (2006) ("Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009," U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2009, Table 1272, page 798 and Table 1279, page 800: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/outlying.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * In 2007, **the median age for Hispanics was 27.6** compared to 40.8 for non-Hispanic whites ("Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009," U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2009, Table 9, page 13: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/pop.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]][[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * In July 2006, **33.8% of the Hispanic population was under the age of 18** (National Population Estimate, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2007: @http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/NC-EST2006/NC-EST2006-04-HISP.xls[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * Within the Hispanic population, **65.6% are of Mexican descent, 8.6% have Puerto Rican origins, 14.2% are from Central and South America, 3.7% are Cuban, and 8.0% are categorized as having "other Hispanic" origins** ("The Hispanic Population in the U.S. 2006": U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2006, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Division: @http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hispanic/cps2006/2006_tab1.2a.xls[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * **Almost half of the nation’s Hispanics reside in California (29.5%) and Texas (18.9%).** Adding New York (7.1%), Florida (8.2%), Illinois (4.3), Arizona (4.1) and New Jersey (3.1) accounts for 75% of U.S. Hispanics (Table 4: Estimates of the Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States and States, July 1, 2006: @http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/tables/SC-EST2006-04.xls[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * **One of every 4 persons (25.4%) living in poverty in the United States is of Hispanic origin in 2006** (“Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States 2006," Table 3, p.12: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).

Demographics - Projections

 * Demographic projections by the U.S. Bureau of the Census report that over the next 30 years **the growth rate of Hispanics will be the second largest for all population subgroups**, after Asians; Hispanics became the largest minority by 2000 (“Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003,” U.S. Bureau of the Census, p. 18, Table No. 15: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03statab/pop.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * By the year 2030, it is estimated that Hispanic Americans will comprise 20.1% of the United States population and **in 2050 Hispanics will be 24.4%.** [This growth will account for almost half of the growth in the nation's population.] (“Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003,” U.S. Bureau of the Census, p. 18, Table No. 15: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03statab/pop.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).

Hispanic Representation in Education

 * As of 2006, there was **1,969,000 Hispanics in college and an additional 209,500 in Puerto Rico.** ("Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009," U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2009, Table 220, page 144: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/educ.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]; Table 1280, page 801: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/outlying.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]])
 * In 2008, **1,213,607 Hispanics were enrolled in U.S. HACU member institutions** (911,524 in HSIs, 279,981 in Associate members, and 22,102 in Partner institutions). **Total HACU member enrollments totaled 4,561,064** (1,993,589 in HSIs, 2,009,739 in AMIs, 557,736 in Partners) (HACU 2008 Enrollment Data).
 * In 2005, **56% of Hispanic students in higher education in the continental US and Puerto Rico attend a Hispanic-Serving Institution** (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Fall 2005 Enrollment IPEDS, excluding for-profit institutions: @http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]). (Click here for more information about the definition of Hispanic-Serving Institutions or HSIs.)
 * **Of full-time instructional faculty in colleges and universities in 2005, 4.3% were Hispanic,** while 10.9% of all students in higher education in the United States are Hispanic (IPEDS Fall 2005 Enrollment and Staff Surveys: @http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * In 2004, **4.2% of all public school teachers at the elementary- and secondary-school level were Hispanic, while 18.6% of the public school students in 2005 were Hispanic.** (“Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008,” pp. 158-59, #239 and #241, U.S. Bureau of the Census: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/08abstract/educ.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * In 2006, **4.6% of all college presidents were Hispanic,** up from 2.2% in 1986 (ACE, “The American College President,” 2007).

Level of Educational Attainment

 * Of all Hispanics 25 and over in 2007, 22.8% have less than a 9th grade education (vs. 2.9% for non-Hispanic whites); 39.7% of Hispanics over 24 have not completed high school (cumulative percentages); and **60.3% of Hispanics have graduated from high school** (“Educational Attainment of the Population 18 Years and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2007,” U.S. Bureau of the Census: @http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2007.html[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * As of 2007, **68.0% of all Hispanics 25 and over had never attended college**; and 13.0% have attended “some” college but not completed a degree (“Educational Attainment of the Population 18 Years and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2007,” @http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/education/cps2007/Table1-06.xls[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * **In 2005 Hispanics earned 11.3% of associate degrees; 7.0% of bachelor’s degrees; 5.5% of master’s degrees; 5.1% of first-professional degrees; and 3.5% of all doctorate degrees awarded** (“Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008,” p. 185, #293, U.S. Bureau of the Census: @http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/education.html[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).

Academic Performance of Hispanic Students: A Comparison

 * **In 2007, 60.3% of the Hispanic population 25 and over had completed high school compared to 86.2% for whites** (“Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009,” p. 145, #221, U.S. Bureau of the Census: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/educ.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * **Nearly 40% of Hispanic students who drop out do so before the 8th grade** (ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, 1995).
 * **The competency levels in high school for all subjects are lower for Hispanics than for whites.** Scores for Hispanics on National Assessment of Educational Progress tests lagged those of white non-Hispanic students in every subject area by 20 points or more. (“Statistical Abstract of the United States 2003,” p. 175, #266, U.S. Bureau of the Census: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03statab/educ.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * **Only 57.9% of Hispanic high school graduates ages 16-24 were enrolled in college in 2006** versus the rate of 68.5% for whites (“Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009,” p. 170, #267, U.S. Bureau of the Census: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/educ.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * By March 2007, for persons 25 years old and over, **only 12.7% of Hispanics had completed a college education** compared with 28.7% for whites (“Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009,” p. 145, #221, U.S. Bureau of the Census: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/educ.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).
 * By 2007, **only 9.4% of Hispanics 25-years-old and over had obtained a bachelor’s degree and an additional 3.3% had an advanced degree**, as compared to their white counterparts of whom 19.1% of the population had bachelors degrees and 10% had an advanced degree (“Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009,” p. 146, #223, U.S. Bureau of the Census: @http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/09statab/educ.pdf[[image:http://www.hacu.net/images/hacu/Template/css/img/icons/extlink.gif align="absMiddle" caption="Link Icon"]]).