By the Numbers . . .

41.3 million Estimated Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2004, making people of Hispanic origin the nation’s largest race or ethnic minority
102.6 million Projected Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2050
64 percent The proportion of Hispanic-origin people who are of Mexican background
1.6 million Number of Hispanic-owned businesses in 2002, up 31 percent from 1997
1.1 million Number of Latino veterans of the U.S. armed forces
7.6 million Number of Hispanic citizens who reported voting in the 2004 presidential election, up from 5.9 million four years earlier
$34,241 Median income of Hispanic households in 2004
2.7million Number of Hispanics age 18+ who had at least a bachelor’s degree in 2004

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