Final Proposal
Francisco J Vidal Master Project Latino Cultural Center in Chicago Arch 593 Professor Dirk Denison Illinois Institute Of Technology Project Description HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE United States cultural diversity is growing every day. This change of population was initially produced by changes in the immigration laws in the nineties, which allowed not U.S. born people (foreign born) Total U.S. population 12,901,563 to integrate as part of the American society. These changes in American population lead to a need for Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 1,967,121 new and social and educational programs. Not Hispanic or Latino Total 10,934,442 The U.S.census bureau in 2000 established U.S. population was 281.4 million; 35.3 million (12.5%) White alone 8,348,056 were from a Hispanic origin. According to the same organism, the estimated US population in 2008 was 304,059,724 million; 45.4 million were from a Hispanic origin. The total population of Illinois was estimated at 12,901,563 for 2008. The estimated population for the Cook County was 5,294,664 (Source: U.S. Census Bureau - 2000) million; 23.2% of this population has a Hispanic origin. According to the US Census Bureau “Hispanics or Latinos are those people who classified themselves in one of the specific Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino categories listed on the Census 2000 questionnaire - "Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano," "Puerto Rican", or "Cuban"-as well as those who indicate that they are "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino." Persons who indicated that they are "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino" include those whose origins are from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central or South America, the Dominican Republic or people identifying themselves generally as Spanish, Spanish-American, Hispanic, Hispano, Latino, and so on.” Projections made in 2008 in Cook County, established that the Hispanic community increased its population by 23.2% of the total population, almost as large as the African-American group (25.6%).
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