Thread: Hispanic birth rate soars in Southeast

Hispanic birth rate soars in Southeast

The Associated Press - ATLANTA

Hispanic births are skyrocketing in the Southeast, where an increase of at least 40 percent was recorded in five states between 2000 and 2003, according to a new government report.

Among the states with the largest increases were Kentucky (80 percent), South Carolina (62 percent), Alabama (53 percent), Tennessee (53 percent) and Arkansas (40 percent), the report found.

The report, from the National Center for Health Statistics, is called the first state-by-state breakdown of birth and fertility rates in the U.S. Hispanic population.

U.S. births for non-Hispanic whites decreased 10 percent between 1990 and 2000, and 2 percent between 2000 and 2003, the report showed. Births for blacks declined 9 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

In contrast, births for Hispanic women jumped 37 percent between 1990 and 2000, and another 12 percent between 2000 and 2003.

But there were differences in birth and fertility rates among Hispanic sub-populations, noted Paul Sutton, an author of the new report.

"Hispanics are not a monolithic group. There's a tremendous variation" in births among women of Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban origin, said Sutton, a statistician and geographer with the National Center for Health Statistics.

Mexican-Americans had the highest birth rates overall, followed by Puerto Ricans and Cuban-Americans. Mexican-Americans gave birth in their teens and early 20s at higher rates, while for Cuban-Americans, the highest birth rate was for women in their late 20s.

And while California and Texas continue to have the largest Mexican populations, North Carolina and Georgia had the highest fertility rates for Mexican mothers.

In North Carolina, there were 181 births per 1,000 Mexican women ages 15 to 44 in 2000. In Georgia, the fertility rate was 180 per 1,000 Mexican women.

In contrast, the U.S. fertility rate for Mexican-American women was 105 per 1,000. California's was 112, and Texas' was 124.

It's not likely Georgia or North Carolina will soon surpass Texas or California in Hispanic births: In 2003, nearly 270,000 babies were born to Hispanic mothers in California and 183,000 in Texas, but 18,000 in Georgia, 16,000 in North Carolina, and 5,000 or fewer in most other Southeast states.

But the relative increase in the Southeast states is notable, and may have implications for health-care facilities and state budgets, particularly if some or many Hispanic families are uninsured.

WakeMed _ a 515-bed hospital in Raleigh, N.C. _ saw Hispanic births rise from 463 in 1997 to 1,819 in 2005.

Hispanics account for about 36 percent of the births at the hospital. Most years, more than 90 percent are Mexican, said Dr. Juan Granados, who trains obstetrics residents at the hospital.

Only about 3 percent of the families have health insurance, he said. Fortunately, the state provides a special Medicaid payment to help offset such unreimbursed care, he added.

"So the hospitals don't go into bankruptcy," said Granados, a University of North Carolina professor of obstetrics and gynecology and maternal and fetal medicine.

In the past, most Hispanic mothers were part of migrant farm worker families who came to the Raleigh area for part of the year and then moved on. But lately, many Mexican families seem to be staying year-round, with men taking jobs in construction and landscaping, Granados said.

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Just keep pumping out those new little citizens and getting paid for it.

And while California and Texas continue to have the largest Mexican populations, North Carolina and Georgia had the highest fertility rates for Mexican mothers.

Maybe we'd be better off if we paid them to NOT have babies. You know, for every Mexican illegal in the U.S. now or who is coming to the U.S., we give them 5,000 for every year they don't produce children.

It would be cheaper than paying for their children.

Call me paranoid, but I think this is part of their plan. To either breed us out, or to play on the bleeding hearts that they need to stay because they now have children in the US.

Reminds me of the old laws used by ancient England during the 12th century.

Originally Posted by americangirl

And while California and Texas continue to have the largest Mexican populations, North Carolina and Georgia had the highest fertility rates for Mexican mothers.

Maybe we'd be better off if we paid them to NOT have babies. You know, for every Mexican illegal in the U.S. now or who is coming to the U.S., we give them 5,000 for every year they don't produce children.

It would be cheaper than paying for their children.

When I said THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is the children that illegals are conceiving, I knew what I was talking about, and this is what Americans do not realize, and while we get frustrated fighting against illegal immigration they keep on making babies, because they know that's the way for them to get the ticket to citizenship. So the end result is that we are going to lose the battle. And our fight should be against children born to illegal aliens should no be American Citizens.

When I said THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is the children that illegals are conceiving, I knew what I was talking about, and this is what Americans do not realize, and while we get frustrated fighting against illegal immigration they keep on making babies, because they know that's the way for them to get the ticket to citizenship. So the end result is that we are going to lose the battle. And our fight should be against children born to illegal aliens should no be American Citizens.

I understand where you are coming from, but no more illegal aliens means no more anchor babies! In words, get rid of the illegals and we won't need to worry about anchor babies. I believe most Americans do understand the problem with anchor baby births, but most of us realize that getting rid of the cause will diminish the effect. Most deported parents will take their children with them.

I would encourage everyone to contact their representative and demand an amendment to do away with anchor babies.

I would encourage everyone to contact their representative and demand an amendment to do away with anchor babies.

MW
That's exactly what we should do. Because even if they are deported and go back to their countries with their babies, when those babies get to be 21 they can come back as American Citizens, and claim their parents, so we are back to where we started from, and they are right when they say this country will be Spanish.

You are right opinion. Chain migration is not our friend.

Anchor babies need to stop.

I agree with you, Opinion. Birthright Citizenship must stop.

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