El Noticiero de IUPLR

The Electronic Monthly Newsletter for the IUPLR network of member centers,
associates, researchers and scholars.

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July 2001
Volume 6, No.9
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Letter from the Director

July 6, 2001

Dear Reader,
The IUPLR newsletter, El Noticiero, is on hiatus until September 7, 2001. But during the interim we will continue to spotlight new information about Latinos that we have placed on the IUPLR web site http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr/. All the numbers are derived from Census 2000 data releases or other Census-based products. Our focus this month is on the size of the Latino population in cities and townships across the nation. Next month we will provide summary information on residential separation and isolation for selected metropolitan areas.

Last month the celebrated Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn passed away. As a memorial, we post an article commemorating his contributions to the world of cinema. You can access it by clicking the "News " link on the IUPLR home page, and then clicking on the tribute.http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr/news/index.html

Sincerely,
Philip Garcia
Associate Director
Institute for Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame

Latino Population Counts: 1990-2000
Census 2000 Update (6/30/01)

Last month, we profiled the geographical distribution of Latinos for the nation’s 9 regions, 50 states (plus DC), 3,142 counties, and 78 Municipos in Puerto Rico. This month, we profile the Latino population for the selected places (i.e., cities or townships) in the United States and Puerto Rico. We have listed figures for places that had a minimum Latino population of 1,000 in Census 1990 or a minimum of 2,000 in Census 2,000. In all, there were 1,700 such places out of a universe of 25,296 places, The basic data for all the tables come from the 100% counts for Census 1990 and Census 2000.

Our latest postings of the official Census 2000 focus on the absolute and relative size of total Latino population, plus any change in population between 1990 and 2000. The new information can be found at the IUPLR web site. Using Philadelphia as an illustration, here are some of the kinds of facts about individual places that you now can find on the IUPLR web site:

1. In 2000 Philadelphia ranked 24th among all places in Latino population.
2. Its average annual rate of change sin 1990 for the Latino population was 3.7%.
3. Its 10-year percentage change for the Latino population was 44.5%.
4. Its change in Latino population between 1990-2000 ranked 29th among all places.
5. Its concentration of Latinos rose from 5.6% to 8.5% between 1990 and 2000.

Another fact you can look up is how the Census 2000 population counts for the total population compared to Census estimates for 1 April 2000. For Philadelphia, the Census estimate was approximately 1,404,781 (this is an extrapolation from an estimate for 7/1/99). Since the official count was 1,517,550, the Census estimate was 112,769 persons less than the actual count. Thus the actual total population in Philadelphia was 7.4% larger than the Census Bureau forecast. The Census Bureau did not make any forecast of the expected Latino population, but is interesting to note that the Census Bureau under-estimated the total population for a locale where Latinos experienced a 45% gain in 10-years.

The Latino tables we have prepared this month are listed on five separate data worksheets located within an Excel workbook. The first worksheet lists Latino population numbers by place ranked by population size. The second worksheet lists the same data, but here the places are sorted by state. The third worksheet indicates the Latino concentration for each place for Census 2000 and Census 1990. The fourth worksheet compares Census 2000 estimates with Census 2000 population counts for each place. The fifth worksheet displays population counts for Puerto Rico by places. A fuller description of all the data and the sources can be found in the worksheet labeled “Data Files”

The 2000 Census figures show that 37 places out of the total 25,296 places accounted for 33% of the Latino population. In 1990 the same set of counties represented 38 % of the Latino population. So, the relative and absolute growth during the past decade for Latinos was higher in locales that traditionally had smaller Latino populations.

Despite the increased dispersion of the Latino population, most Latinos still reside in the nation’s most populous states, counties, and cities. More than one–fifth of the Latino population counted in the Census 2000 resided in the following 8 cities: New York (2,160,554), Los Angeles (1,719,073), Chicago (753,644), Houston (730,865), San Antonio (671,394), Phoenix (449,972), El Paso (431,875), Dallas and (422,587).

The following 37 places account for one–third of the Latino population counted in Census 2000:

IUPLR E-mail Update compiled by:
Victor Saenz
2401 Wickersham Ln. #2124
Austin, TX 78741
vsaenz@prodigy.net

Edited by:
Philip García and Zoë Samora
Institute for Latino Studies/IUPLR
University of Notre Dame