Hispanic
population
is growing
The Census Bureau says
by 2010, Hispanics will
replace blacks as the
largest minority group
PORTLAND — Census statis
tics show a rapid increase in the
Northwest’s Hispanic population,
reflecting a growing diversity that
will impact future growth, educa
tion and employment, state offi
cials and Latino leaders say.
The number of Hispanics in
Oregon grew by 66 percent be
tween 1990 and 1997, according
to U.S. Census Bureau statistics re
leased Thursday.
Marion County recorded the
largest number of Hispanics —
30,443, edging Multnomah Coun
ty by 37.
Washington County’s Hispanic
population grew 79 percent to
26,123, while Clackamas County
increased 77 percent to 12,459.
The growing diversity should
not be ignored, a leading Latino
advocate said Thursday.
“It’s coming and it’s coming
sooner than people think,” said
Maria Elena Campisteguy
Hawkins, executive director of the
Oregon Council for Hispanic Ad
vancement. “Things are changing
and the question is, how do we
work together?”
i ne growth in Latinos, particu
larly young Latinos, poses critical
challenges in a state where Latino
students drop out at more than
twice the state average and where
Latino workers are chronically un
deremployed, she said.
“Our schoolhouse is changing
and we have various kids who are
different than the ones we’ve had
before,” Flores said.
But the growth in the Latino
population is good news for em
ployers, said Paul Warner, state
economist.
Young Latinos will provide an
important source of labor in a state
that has among the nation’s high
est proportion of older residents,
he said.
That will require Oregon em
ployers to adapt to a more diverse
labor force, Warner said.
Latinos already are moving into
professional positions and starting
businesses, said Christopher San
tiago Williams, executive director
of the state’s Commission on His
panic Affairs.
“That gives more power to the
Hispanic community and a better
perception that we are here to stay
and that our community has a lot
to offer,” Williams said.
The Census Bureau’s latest re
port on the nation’s racial and eth
nic makeup indicates that by the
year 2010, Hispanics will replace
blacks as the nation’s largest mi
nority group, said Barry Edmon
ston, director of the Center for
Population Research and Census
at Portland State University.
The shift is part of a larger trend
that will see non-Hispanics de
cline to 51 percent of the popula
tion by 2050, he said.
Edmonston notes that the num
ber of Hispanics in Marion Coun
ty, which with 11.5 percent has
the highest percentage of Hispan
ics in Oregon, still is small when
compared with counties in other
states, such as California and
Texas.
“Oregon is, in some sense, along
with places like North Carolina
and the border states, new areas of
arrival for Hispanics as they move
out from traditional areas of settle
ment,” Edmonston said.
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