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Latino Stats: American Hispanics By The Numbers, Leticia Camacho Jan 2015

Latino Stats: American Hispanics By The Numbers, Leticia Camacho

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Today, 53 million Latinos live in the US, and Latino Stats provides an informative, positive portrait of this fast-growing population group. T he book, written by Malavé and Giordani, a Hispanic American mother and daughter research team, provides statistical data gathered primarily from government, private sector, nonprofit, and media sources. Ten chapters cover the basics of immigration, voting and politics, jobs and the economy, family and community, youth and education, health and environment, criminal justice, entertainment, technology, and sports and identity. Each chapter starts with a quote from a famous Hispanic American followed by a short introduction and a section …