WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following
is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census
Bureau:
HISPANIC VOTING
Profile America — Monday, October
5th. National Hispanic Heritage Month continues,
and much media prominence given to this 55 million-strong community
centers on the growing heft of the Hispanic vote in elections.
Already 17 percent of America's population, it is projected to
number nearly 129 million by the year 2060. In the 2012 election,
over 11 million Hispanics, or 48 percent of those eligible, cast
ballots. This is a decline from 2008, when just less than 50
percent of eligible Hispanics voted. But the 2012 figure did
surpass the percentages in the 2000 and 2004 elections, which
reached 45 and 47 percent, respectively. Nearly 62 percent of the
eligible public cast their ballots in the 2012 elections, down from
nearly 64 percent in 2008. You can find more facts about
America's people, places and economy, from the American Community
Survey, at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Hispanic population (July 1, 2014
estimate):
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2013_PEPASR6H&prodType=table
Projections:
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2014/cb14-ff22.html
Voting Rates: http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/p20-568.pdf
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media
and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau