COUNTY LEADER IN LATINO GROWTH, BUSINESS.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer California beat all other states and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County topped the nation's counties with the most increases in Latino population in the 1990s, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census report released Friday. With an impact on everything from politics to business, the growth spurt growth spurt Pediatrics A period of rapid growth in middle adolescence; ♀ ↑ ±8 cm/yr ±age 12; ♂ ↑ ±10 cm/yr ± age 14; GS is orderly, affecting acral parts–ie, hands and feet grow before proximal regions, came as no surprise to local Latinos who believe the increase is driving a booming economy and voter participation. ``(The population growth) has had a significant impact on business,'' said Hector Barreto Hector V. Barreto was the 21st Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, confirmed on July 25, 2001. George W. Bush nominated him to the post. He resigned on April 25, 2006 following a controversial tenure as SBA chief. , chairman of the Latin Business Association, based in Los Angeles. California gained 2.2 million Latinos from 1990 to 1997, for a total Latino population today of 9.9 million, according the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. The Latino population increase in California has created a market that's boosted small business growth in Los Angeles County, where one of every two start-up businesses is Latino-owned, he said. ``When small businesses get started they are primarily dependent on similar ethnic communities for their business,'' said Barreto. In California alone, the consumer buying power Buying Power The money an investor has available to buy securities. In a margin account, the buying power is the total cash held in the brokerage account plus maximum margin available. Also referred to as "Excess Equity. of Latinos makes up almost one-third of all the group's buying power in the nation, or $112 billion of $348 billion in buying power nationally, according to 1997 statistics. Fueled by this buying power, Latino-owned businesses in the county have more than tripled from 80,000 in 1987 to 250,000 in 1998, a number that is expected to double every five years. ``The success that we're experiencing here in California is being propelled by small businesses,'' Barreto said. ``There's a lot of job creation and tax revenue that's going on there.'' The number of registered Latino voters also has risen dramatically over the last 10 years, from 1.35 million in 1988 compared with 2.3 million today, according to the Southwest Voter Registration Voter registration is the requirement in some democracies for citizens to check in with some central registry before being allowed to vote in elections. An effort to get people to register is known as a voter registration drive. Centralized/compulsory vs. Education Project, a nonpartisan group in Montebello working to increase Latino participation in politics. The number of Latino elected officials in the state also jumped from 693 in 1996 to 789 in 1998 to represent 4.2 percent of total elected officials in California, according to the Los Angeles-based National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) was founded in 1976[1] by Edward R. Roybal as a non-profit organization, and created an educational fund that aims to empower Latinos to participate fully in the American political process, from . However, considering the population increase, these numbers should be higher, said Rosalind Gold, NALEO's senior director of naturalization naturalization, official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his or her native one. In some countries naturalized persons do not necessarily become citizens but may merely acquire a new nationality. programs. Texas, which ranked a distant second behind California with a Latino population of 5.7 million, had a significantly higher number of Latino elected officials with 1,749, or 6.3 percent of the total elected positions. Texas' high numbers are partly attributable to the state's higher number of elected and appointed positions and to a longer tradition of Latino mobilization, Gold said. Despite the high Latino population, Latino voting strength won't reach its potential until more Latinos become citizens, said Gold. Less than half of Latino adults are citizens in California, she said. ``So you can see that no matter how much the population keeps growing, if you have one out of two adults who aren't citizens and can't participate, that is a major barrier to having the strength of the population represented at the polls,'' said Gold. Latinos represent about 11 percent of the U.S. population, with an estimated 29.7 million Latinos out of a population of 268 million Americans. Texas and Florida ranked second and third in Latino growth, respectively, with gains of 1.4 million and 531,541 Latinos. California, Texas and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of have the most Latino residents. Los Angeles County's Latino population rose from 3.4 million in 1990 to 4 million in 1997, far outdistancing Dade County Dade County can refer to the following places:
LATINO COUNT The Latino population in California increased by more than any other state in the 1990s, and the increase in Latinos in Los Angeles County outpaced every county in the U.S. during the same period. TOP 5 LATINO STATES Rank State 1997 (estimated) 1 California 9,941,014 2 Texas 5,722,535 3 New York 2,570,382 4Florida 2,105,689 5 Illinois 1,182,964 TOP LATINO The Top Latino 40 (in English "Latin American Top 40") is the first musical list or ranking in Hispanic America, that compiles rankings or charts from more than 1000 radio stations of 22 countries since 2004. COUNTIES Rank County 1997 1990 Population (estimated) Census change 1 Los Angeles County 4,000,642 3,351,238 +649,404 2 Dade County, Fla. 1,139,004 953,422 +185,582 3 Cook County, Ill. 867,520 694,196 +173,324 4 Harris County, Texas Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of 2000 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 3.4 million (though a 2006 estimate placed the population at nearly 3. 852,177 644,916 +207,261 5 Orange County 761,228 564,843 +196,385 9 San Bernardino County 533,733 378,576 +155,157 13 Riverside County 469,819 307,516 +162,303 22 Ventura County 236,273 176,952 +59,321 SOURCE: U.S. Census CAPTION(S): Box BOX: LATINO COUNT (see text) Daily News |
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