Latin American people in the USA

The Latin American population has grown through the last century; according to the US Census Bureau in 2013 they represent approximately 16% of the United States total population. They’re the second largest ethnic group in USA and when I was doing my research about them I learnt some interesting facts.  

Most of the USA citizens tend to have some misconceptions about Latinos, they tend to believe that all of them are Mexican, undocumented immigrants and they all speak Spanish. Well, we know that’s not true. Latinos are the people who came from Latin America and that includes Brazilian people who speaks Portuguese. And besides, they’re not all immigrants. Some of them have been there since 1848 when “the border crossed them”, as they like to say.  

Latin Americans have left their mark in the USA through different aspects. One of them has been music. Did you know that Salsa was created in the USA? Well, I didn’t. It was conceived in the mid-60s by Latin American immigrants in New York. They used it to express their identity and though life as latinos. After a warm reception by the audience, the musical genre travelled to Miami to keep on growing.

Some famous Latin American people who have made it in the USA are Benicio del Toro, Carlos Santana, Carolina Herrera, Salma Hayek, Celia Cruz, Gloria Stefan and many others.

By 2060 the Latino population is expected to constitute 31% of the US population. Would you like to be a part of it?