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Fun Fact #1
Mexican people are the biggest category of
the overall hispanic/latino community~55.7
million.
EXPLOITATION
MARGINALIZATION
EXCLUSION
POWERLESSNESS
FUN FAct #2
Almost Half Of The Amount Of Interracial
Couples In The US Involve A Latino
CIvic engagement
Definition:
Civic engagement refers to the ways in which citizens participate in the life of a community in order to improve
conditions for others or to help shape the community's future
*Those levels were also lower than for Blacks and Asians which had voter
registration levels of 70%*
Population Counts
in Multnomah County is
25.6 years, compared to
38.4 for whites.
Fun fact #3
Carlos Slim is the second richest man in the world as of
right now. He is worth 72.9 Billion USD, and is a proud
Mexican!
Poverty
Poverty level is
decreasing
Used to be 3x, now 2x
Economic options
improving
Poverty levels of
latino families are
almost 3x higher than
white families
Single Latina mothers
have 1 in 2 chances of
living in poverty
Income
Latino:$14,627 White:$32,371
per capita income
Income gap is getting bigger
because of lost economic
ground
Before: 56% below average
Now: 65% below average
Makes it hard for them to
live in Multnomah County
wealth
education
Harsher
sentences
are applied
to people of
color.
Latinos are
incarcerated at a
rate of .41%, While
white are
incarcerated at a
rate of .33%
juvenile Justice
Child WElfare