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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 9.6 million Hispanics called the United States home in 1970. Since then, the Hispanic population has grown tremendously every decade.

In 2010, when the last census report was issued, 47.8 million Hispanics lived in the United States.

Even more amazing is that the Census Bureau projects that by 2050, over 100 million Hispanics will reside in the United States.

Among the states with the largest reported Hispanic population are California, New York, Texas and Il

As part of the Mujeres Latinas Brown Bag series, an ongoing effort to bring more exposure of Hispanic women to IU, graduate student Tanya Flores delivered a presentation Friday in Ballantine Hall about accommodation theory in Chilean Spanish.

The program was started by Leonice Santamaría, a visiting lecturer who teaches S280: Spanish Grammar in Context.

She said she wanted to allow for more presentations by Hispanic women graduate students, who she feels are underrepresented on campus and in aca

Hispanic voters in Florida and across the country give exceedingly high marks to President Barack Obama and overwhelmingly favor his re-election.

The findings come from a Fox News Latino/Latin Insights poll released Monday. But the poll also showed that in Florida and elsewhere, Hispanic support for Obama dips if the eventual Republican nominee picks U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for vice president.

Rubio, a telegenic presence with strong tea party support, is at the top of virtually every pundit's list

A new report from the Pew Research Center shows that Hispanics will account for three-quarters of the growth in the nation's labor force for the years 2010 to 2020.

According to author Rakesh Kochhar, growth in the Hispanic workforce can be attributed to two factors: a rapidly growing population due to births and immigration and higher labor force participation than other groups.

"The nation’s labor force participation rate — that is, the share of the population ages 16 and older either employed

Time magazine’s March 5 edition is barrier-breaking, according to Richard Stengel, the managing editor. “For the first time in our history, we have a Spanish sentence as our cover line: Yo decido. I decide.”

Ugh.

Applause and gratitude to Stengel and his staff of distinguished journalists for choosing to feature the increasing clout of Latino voters, but I wish they had made history differently.

Yes, speaking to someone in their native tongue can be a sign of affection and respect. But here’s th

Smartphone users now outnumber users of more basic mobile phones within the national adult population, according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Nearly every major demographic group—men and women, younger and middle-aged adults, urban and rural residents, the wealthy and the less well-off—experienced a notable uptick in smartphone penetration over the last year, and blacks and Latinos are leading the way.

African-Americans and Latinos overall adoption of smartphone rates in 2011 was h

There are 25 communities on this year's list of 100 Best Communities For Young People that are home to many Latinos. The 100 Best presented by America's Promise Alliance is an annual competition that showcases outstanding communities where young people can thrive. READ MORE

After a successful six month beta during which thousands of Hispanic consumers registered to participate in online surveys, discussion forums and sampling campaigns, Tu Cuentas is opening its platform to new clients and seeking aggressive membership growth.

Tu Cuentas, which translates as "you count" and "you tell," was founded by Larissa Acosta and Olga Bueno, two Latina entrepreneurs with deep roots in Hispanic marketing. After many years working at leading Hispanic advertising agencies, they

in appreciation of the Orlando Magic’s Hispanic fan base, for the first time ever the team will wear “El Magic” jerseys for three home games beginning on March 1 when Orlando faces Oklahoma City at the Amway Center (tip off set for 8:00 p.m. on TNT). The debut of the “El Magic” jerseys will coincide with Latin Night, Noche Latina, at the March 1 game. The “El Magic” jerseys are part of the team’s continuing efforts to connect with the entire community of greater Central Florida. In addition to t

While 2010 Census data showed us how quickly the Latino population has grown in just ten years, a new statistical portrait released Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center illustrates just how young that population is.

New population graphs, which depict how the Latino and non-Latino populations break down in terms of age group, show that Hispanics skew much younger than their white counterparts. READ MORE

Marta Sanchez is 30 years old with three small children and works two other jobs outside the home. She often runs to the store in between jobs to buy groceries. She knows how important it is for her and her kids to eat right, but with her very hectic schedule, she barely has time to pick up everything she needs, much less spend a lot of time figuring out what are the best foods amid such an overwhelming number of choices.

Thanks to my work with the American Heart Association and the Partnership

A decade after Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez helped Latin music explode into the mainstream, Latina chefs are doing the same for food.

From Food Network’s Marcela Valladolid and Evette Rios on ABC’s “The Chew’’ to uber-restaurateur Michelle Bernstein and cookbook author Lourdes Castro, these senoritas are proving to be the new face in cooking — especially on television.

The stereotype of Latina mothers living in the kitchen makes sense to these Latina chefs.

“We all grew up around mom in the k

When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home."

The Catholic-educated Packard, who grew up in "the middle of Mayan ruins," appreciated the faith's strong sense of family and conservative values. She also saw her own history in the Book of Mormon with stories of migrations, tragedies and triumphs of a people many Mormons believe are the ancestors of some present-day Latinos.

But two decades after her conversion while a c

In a day and age when localism seems to be getting the short end of the stick at quite a few radio stations, Hispanic radio is delivering big time to its listeners. Over the past few weeks we've spent a lot of time discussing the explosive growth of Hispanic radio, with so many great broadcasters all over the country. One of those broadcasters is Tony Bonicci (pictured), who is running stations for Lotus Communications in Las Vegas. Bonicci is up for Broadcaster of the Year in the Radio Ink Hisp

3,349 respondents participated in the 1st February American Pulse conducted 2/13-2/20/2012, utilizing BIGinsight™ and reInvention survey panels. The latest results show that Hispanics log in to social media sites more often than other ethnic groups. Also, while Americans remain divided on the issue of censorship, most Hispanics, Blacks and Caucasians agree that racial slurs are offensive and should be blocked in print, music and videos.

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When is the last time you felt the warmth of Mexico? No, Really? As Mexican American born and bred in Chicago, I have now relocated to sunny Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with 300+sunny days a year and lush tropical vegetation.  Think Hawaii if you haven’t been, same latitude= same climate. I invite you to reconnect with your Mexican side, what you’re not Mexican? That’s not what it looked like last 5 de Mayo as you were tossing back the tequila shots like they were Fanta. Anyway, spring break is com

A new survey by ING Retirement Research Institute, by Forbes, revealed that Latinos aren't saving for their golden years.

Fifty-four percent of Latinos said that they felt "not very" or "not at all" financially prepared for retirement, a percentage that was higher than that of all other ethnic groups surveyed including African-Americans, whites and Asians.

The question now is why Latinos are not saving more money toward their retirement. While the ING survey reported that about a third of Latino

Amongst many of the issues discussed Saturday during the White House Hispanic Action Summit were the power of the Hispanic vote and the lack of Latino turnout during elections.

One of the roundtable discussions featured representatives from across the state of Ohio, including Cleveland, Lorain, Cincinnati and Toledo. Facilitated by the city of Lorain’s president of council, Joel Arredondo, the voter roundtable discussed how to reach out to young voters, discussed why Latinos do not vote, and sea

The number of new marriages between spouses of a different race or ethnicity increased to 15.1 percent in 2010, and the share of all current marriages that are either interracial or interethnic has reached an all-time high of 8.4 percent, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Social & Demographic Trends project.

Of the 275,500 new interracial or interethnic marriages in 2010, 43 percent are white/Latino couples, the most common type of intermarriage couple.

According to the report, i

Not as well-known and certainly not as big as A-B InBev and Monsanto, Gonzalez Cos. is tucked between the two other businesses on a list of top sponsors of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Sure, says company founder Anthony Gonzalez-Angel, the $10,000 a year his construction management firm pays to be a member helps promote his business. But he could do that with a lesser level of giving, or in different ways.

Gonzalez-Angel says he wants the chamber to have the tools