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Heritage Month Quiz 2008

Scratch your head for Latino facts and figures this Heritage Month

Here’s a multiple choice quiz sure to confound.  You can find the answers not too deeply buried in the U.S. Census report posted on our blog.

1.  What percentage of total new births in the U.S did Latinos account for between July 1, 2006 and July 1, 2007?

a. 33%

b. 50%

c. 75%

2.  As of July 1, 2007, what percent of the total U.S. population was comprised of Hispanics?

a. 27%

b. 15%

c. 9%

3.  What percentage of Latinos in this country are of Mexican background?

a. 19%

b. 40%

c. 64%

4.  How many states have at least half a million Hispanic residents?

a. 39

b. 24

c. 16

(BONUS: Can you name them?)

5.  What state has the largest population of Hispanics?

a. New Mexico

b. California

c. Texas

6.  What percentage of that state’s population is Latino?

a. 36%

b. 44%

c. 51%

7.  What proportion of Starr County, Texas, was Hispanic in 2007?

a. 69%

b. 82%

c. 97%

8.  How many Hispanic veterans of the U.S. armed forces are there?

a. 500,000

b. 1.1 million

c. 3.2 million

9.  How many Latino physicians and surgeons are there?

a. 305,000

b. 46,200

c. 27,000

10.  How many lawyers?

a.  223,000

b. 109,000

c. 43,000

11.  What percentage of all college students were Hispanic in 2006?

a. 11%

b.  4%

c. 2%

12.  How many Hispanics 25 and older held advanced degrees in 2007?

a. 1,300,400

b. 811,000

c. 405,300

13.  How many Latino-owned businesses were there in 2002?

a. 400,000

b. 850,000

c. 1,100,000

14.  How fast did Hispanic-owned businesses grow between 1997 and 2002?

a. by 10%

b. by 31%

c. by 49%

15.  How fast did US businesses grow as a whole those same 5 years?

a. by 10%

b. by 31%

c. by 49%

Remember, the answers are here!