The latest Census Bureau findings list Hispanics as the fastest growing minority in the U.S. As of 2000, there were 35.2 million or approximately 12.5% of the total US population. The Hispanic population is growing 8 times faster than the general population and it is estimated that by 2020, Hispanics will make up 17% of the total U.S. population.

Hispanics tend to live in metropolitan areas in the western and southern regions of the country˜New York is the exception. Of the total Hispanic population, 66% reside in the following cities:

• Los Angeles
• Dallas/Ft. Worth
• Albuquerque/Santa Fe
• New York
• San Antonio
• Sacramento/Stockton
• Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
• San Francisco/Oakdale
• San Diego
• Houston
• Phoenix
• Fresno
• Chicago
• Harlingen
• Denver