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Latinos & Asset Building Graph
According to the U.S. Census, the Latino population comprises one of the fastest growing segments in the entire population, growing by over 50% since 1990i. In 2002, 21.4 percent of Hispanics were living in poverty, compared with 7.8 percent of non-Hispanic whitesii. In order for Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) to be an effective poverty reduction tool, the Latino community must be served.
Methodology
The red bar (second bar for each state) on the graph represents the percentage of the Latino population state-by-stateiii.
The blue bar (top bar for each state) represents the state percentages
of Latinos in Individual Development Account programs. This data was
developed from the demographic information offered by the IDANetwork's
2003 IDA Program Directoryiv.
All refugee specific programs (those receiving funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement) were eliminated from the calculation. Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming have no programs registered with the IDANetwork database and many other programs did not provide demographic information. Therefore, some states are recorded as serving 0% of the Latino population, which may or may not accurately represent the individuals served.
|
STATE |
% OF LATINOS |
% OF LATINOS IN IDA PROGRAMS |
|---|---|---|
|
Wyoming |
6.4 |
0 |
|
Wisconsin |
3.6 |
2.5 |
|
West Virginia |
0.7 |
0 |
|
Washington |
7.5 |
7.75 |
|
Virginia |
4.7 |
2 |
|
Vermont |
0.9 |
2.5 |
|
Utah |
9 |
0 |
|
Texas |
32 |
39 |
|
Tennessee |
2.2 |
0 |
|
South Dakota |
1.4 |
0 |
|
South Carolina |
2.4 |
0 |
|
Rhode Island |
8.7 |
41 |
|
Pennsylvania |
3.2 |
6.8 |
|
Oregon |
8 |
11.6 |
|
Oklahoma |
5.2 |
1.2 |
|
Ohio |
1.9 |
3.71 |
|
North Dakota |
1.2 |
0 |
|
North Carolina |
4.7 |
4.43 |
|
New York |
15.1 |
17.89 |
|
New Mexico |
42.1 |
52.67 |
|
New Jersey |
13.3 |
13.8 |
|
New Hampshire |
1.7 |
7 |
|
Nevada |
19.7 |
41 |
|
Nebraska |
5.5 |
0 |
|
Montana |
2 |
18 |
|
Missouri |
2.1 |
3.17 |
|
Mississippi |
1.4 |
1 |
|
Minnesota |
2.9 |
0.45 |
|
Michigan |
3.3 |
21 |
|
Massachusetts |
6.8 |
3.1 |
|
Maryland |
4.3 |
0 |
|
Maine |
0.7 |
0.125 |
|
Louisiana |
2.4 |
0.5 |
|
Kentucky |
1.5 |
3.3 |
|
Kansas |
7 |
0 |
|
Iowa |
2.8 |
3.75 |
|
Indiana |
3.5 |
4.7 |
|
Illinois |
12.3 |
12.2 |
|
Idaho |
7.9 |
0 |
|
Hawaii |
7.2 |
0 |
|
Georgia |
5.3 |
0 |
|
Florida |
16.8 |
12 |
|
District of Columbia |
7.9 |
23.1 |
|
Delaware |
4.8 |
2 |
|
Connecticut |
9.4 |
11.2 |
|
Colorado |
17.1 |
0 |
|
California |
32.4 |
27 |
|
Arkansas |
3.2 |
1.2 |
|
Arizona |
25.3 |
28.75 |
|
Alaska |
4.1 |
0 |
|
Alabama |
1.7 |
0 |
i Shepelwich, Steven. Immigration and Cultural Markets in the United States. Assets: A Quarterly Update for Innovators. Corporation for Enterprise Development. Spring 2003, No. 1.
ii , Roberto R., and G. Patricia de la Cruz, 2002, The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 2002, Current Population Reports, P20-545, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC.
iii U.S. Census American Fact Finder
iv http://idanetwork.cfed.org/index.php?section=2003idasurvey&page=index.php