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08-12-2006, 04:41 PM #1
Latinos gaining clout through numbers in Idaho
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Latinos gaining clout through numbers in Idaho
Census figures - Hispanics are the booming state's fastest-growing minority group
Saturday, August 12, 2006
REBECCA BOONE
BOISE -- Idaho's Latino population is drawing closer to 10 percent, new Census Bureau figures show, with Hispanics accounting for one of every six new people in the state between mid-2004 and mid-2005.
The census estimate puts Idaho Hispanics at about 9 percent of the state's 1.4 million total population, or about 130,000 residents. Hispanics remained Idaho's fastest-growing minority group, increasing by more than 4.8 percent over the 12-month stretch and growing twice as fast as the overall state rate.
"Our economy is growing so fast, so we have a huge amount of work in construction, landscaping, those kind of sectors," Idaho Commerce and Labor analyst Bob Fick said. "The Hispanics are flocking in to pick up those jobs."
Margie Gonzalez, executive director of the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, said the growth gives Latinos a political advantage.
"People are becoming more accepting and educated on the fact that this small minority group that once existed has grown very rapidly," Gonzalez said. "The more people we can get to be registered voters, that's going to make a really strong impact on our government."
Eight counties -- Clark, Minidoka, Power, Jerome, Owyhee, Cassia, Canyon and Gooding -- had Hispanic populations of more than 20 percent. Canyon County had the largest Hispanic population, with more than 33,000 of its 164,000-plus residents considering themselves to be Hispanic, or just over 20 percent. But Clark County tallied the highest percentage at nearly 40 percent, with 372 Hispanic residents out of 943 overall.
The buying power of Latinos in Idaho has nearly doubled since 1990, according to a report from the state Department of Commerce and Labor. In 1990, Latino buying power made up just 2.9 percent of state residents' total buying power. In 2005, Latinos' $1.8 billion in buying power made up nearly 5 percent of the $36.5 billion spent statewide.
Since the 2000 census, Idaho's Hispanic population has grown by nearly 28 percent, according to demographers. By 2010, Idaho Hispanics will account for about 6 percent of the state's total buying power, the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia estimates.
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08-12-2006, 05:03 PM #2
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Oh god, theyre going to destroy Idaho also? I havent heard about problems in Idaho........
oh god.......
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08-12-2006, 05:18 PM #3
They should have changed this quote. It should be Illegal Aliens.
The Hispanics are flocking in to pick up those jobs."http://www.alipac.us/
You can not be loyal to two nations, without being unfaithful to one. Scubayons 02/07/06
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08-12-2006, 05:24 PM #4Idaho's Latino population is drawing closer to 10 percent, new Census Bureau figures show, with Hispanics accounting for one of every six new people in the state between mid-2004 and mid-2005.
increasing by more than 4.8 percent over the 12-month
Margie Gonzalez, executive director of the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, said the growth gives Latinos a political advantage.
"The more people we can get to be registered voters, that's going to make a really strong impact on our government."Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. Thomas Jefferson
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08-12-2006, 05:26 PM #5They should have changed this quote. It should be Illegal Aliens.
I guess they are tired of picking potatoes for crappy wages."Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same results is the definition of insanity. " Albert Einstein.
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08-12-2006, 05:30 PM #6
When places like Idaho and Maine are being inundated we are running out of time...
[b]Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
- Arnold J. Toynbee
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08-12-2006, 05:41 PM #7
The problem is not Hispanics in the United States it is belief that being Hispanic gives one the right to be illegals. The Hispanics in Idaho include would Sheriff Vazquez. If some of the Hispanic politicians are trying to gain political power on the basis of illegals then those politicians would be problems.
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