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Latino Data Project
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Senator Charles Schumer at The Graduate Center
Photo: Branan Edgens |
Senator Charles Schumer was on hand Friday, January 30, to help The CUNY
Graduate Center launch its new Latino Data Project, a joint venture of the
Center for Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies (CLACLS) and the Center
for Urban Research. An extensive, initial statistical profile of the Latino
population in the New York Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) was
released at the event. You can find the full report at web.gc.cuny.edu/lastudies/latinodataproject.pdf, and an
overview of the Latino Data Project follows:
The data presented in the initial report were derived from the Public Use
Microdata Samples (PUMS) of the U.S. Census Bureau. These data sets contain
detailed information on individual households and individuals including ancestry
and place of birth. They were analyzed by the project's research team to produce
a more accurate assessment of the characteristics of each Latino nationality
than the official data released by the Census Bureau. A few sample findings
include:
- 1.6 million Latinos migrated to the NY CMSA between 1980 and 2000
- 44% of the Latino population in the NY CMSA arrived after 1995
- 18% of the NY CMSA population is Latino
- 27% of NYC's population is Latino
- 56% of the total NY CMSA Latino Population was born outside of the U.S.
- 31% of all Latinos in the NY CMSA have household incomes above $50,000 yearly
- 44% of all Latinos in the NY CMSA live OUTSIDE of NYC
- 48% of Mexicans, third largest group, live outside of NYC
- 25% of Dominicans, 2nd largest group, live outside of NYC
- The Puerto Rican CMSA population is 54% Female
- The Mexican CMSA population is 60% male
The long-term objective of the project is to create an interactive internet web
site dedicated to make information available on the dynamically growing Latino
populations of the United States. The web site will post, and continually
update, a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data on Latino populations
in a variety of accessible formats. These data will be designed for easy access
to a broad audience consisting of professional researchers, university faculty,
primary and secondary school teachers, students from grades K through 12,
university undergraduate and graduate students, journalists, politicians,
government officials, private corporations and general information seekers.
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