Chapter 14: MexAmerica

Mexican restuarant in San Francisco

Although the MexAmerica region is known for its high density of hispanics, San Francisco has a significant amount of Hispanics as well. In fact, over 15% of the population in San Francisco are from Hispanic origins. It is also interesting to note that in nine of the nation's top ten metro areas with the biggest Latino populations, Latinos' median household income on average is about $40,000 a year which falls behind that of the general population's $49,800. The only exception in the top ten list is San Francisco, where Hispanics median household income is $55,000. They also do the best in San Francisco in terms of sheer personal earnings, as opposed to household income.

It is also interesting to note that among the same top ten regions, the lowest share of uninsured Hispanics are found in San Francisco, where 24% of the adult Latino population does not have health insurance. Yet, that is still higher than that of the region's general population, which has an uninsured rate of 13%.

Nevertheless, the population of Hispanics in the San Francisco Bay Area are growing at a much faster than that of the caucasian population and others. San Mateo’s Latino population grew by 18 percent, and now makes up a quarter of the county’s residents.

Source:

http://www.hispanictrending.net/hispanic_facts_and_figures/

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/03/asians-latinos-continue-census-climb

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