Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands: 2000. Working Paper No. 84

摘要

This report presents several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The data shown in this report for the United States and Puerto Rico are based on the Census 2000 long-form questionnaire. Data items collected for the U.S. Virgin Islands were asked of the entire resident population. Data about the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Island Areas are generally shown separately and in separate reports, primarily because data users require information about specific geographic areas; different methods were used to collect data from different areas; and data for the United States would numerically overwhelm data from the other areas if all were shown together. This report provides a portrait of the Hispanic-origin population in the United States, Puerto Rico, and one of the U.S. Island Areas--the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Island Areas include the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Characteristics of Hispanics enumerated in American Samoa, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are not shown because the number of Hispanics is too small to ensure the confidentiality of the respondents.