EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, AUGUST 7, 1998 (FRIDAY) Public Information Office CB98-137 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov John Reed 301-457-2403 Hispanic Population Nears 30 Million, Census Bureau Reports The U.S. population in 1997 included 29.7 million Hispanics, according to tabulations released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau showing various characteristics of the Hispanic population, including marital status, education and income. (The embargoed tabulations can be accessed at http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html. After their release, go to http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html. The report, The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1997 (Update), PPL-105, includes these highlights: - Hispanics represented about 11 percent of the total U.S. population in 1997. - More than half (55.8 percent) of Hispanics were born in the United States. - About 68 percent of all Hispanic families were married-couple families. - About one-third (35.7 percent) of all Hispanics were under 18 years of age. - In 1997, nearly one-fourth (24 percent) of all Hispanics worked in technical, sales and administrative support positions. Data are from the March supplement to the 1997 Current Population Survey. As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of error. A faxed copy of the report may be obtained by calling the Public Information Office's 24-hour Fax-On-Demand service on 1-888-206-6463 and requesting Document No. 1313. Editor's Note: The Public Information Office now has a media-access server for embargoed news releases and data sets. It is available to accredited media representatives only. To gain access, please contact us for a username and password. The media-access server's Internet address is http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html. We would appreciate any comments you may have about the site. The Census Bureau pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In more than 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
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