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San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
Hispanic Households 85,448
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia
Hispanic Households 9,490
Washington-Baltimore-Northern VA
Hispanic Households 46,576
This is interesting data. Particularly because Dallas and Hosuton have more hispanics than Washington and the Bay Area, yet they both have more affluent hispanics. Does that speak to the fact that different kind of hispanics move different places? Does Texas get the poor hispanics and the Northeast, West Coast, and Southern Florida get the affluent hispanics?
More immigrant-related stats of the largest CSAs and MSAs
Hispanic Households Earning $200,000+ Annually, 2008
Los Angeles 35,715
New York 27,691
Miami 22,647
San Francisco 15,625
Houston 8,770
Washington DC 8,692
Chicago 7,186
Dallas 5,485
Boston 4,118
Phoenix 3,470
Atlanta 2,905
Philadelphia 2,414
Seattle 2,204
Detroit 644
Asian Households Earning $200,000+, 2008
New York 63,590
San Francsico 61,665
Los Angeles 45,291
Washington DC 19,901
Chicago 14,522
Boston 8,024
Houston 6,986
Seattle 6,665
Dallas 6,485
Atlanta 5,402
Detroit 4,450
Miami 2,710
Phoenix 2,666
I 've always wondered where are the affluent hispanic comminities? I never seen a hispanic riding in a benz and kind of bothers me..Time for hispanics to start building wealth where are they already doing this? Everybody always complaining of immigrants and illegals but where are they doing good?
This is interesting data. Particularly because Dallas and Hosuton have more hispanics than Washington and the Bay Area, yet they both have more affluent hispanics. Does that speak to the fact that different kind of hispanics move different places? Does Texas get the poor hispanics and the Northeast, West Coast, and Southern Florida get the affluent hispanics?
I dont think all of those Hispanics are home grown, I'm sure they moved there for more career opportunities.
By the way, the stats of Hispanics making more than $200,000 is far more indicative of affluence. $100,000 is firmly middle class in many cities. Also, I hate to say this, but there is an issue of race-class stratification. I am sure white Hispanics (many of who live in South Florida, for example) do far better economically than black, mestizo or Amerindian Hispanics. Many of the latter Hispanics were poorer in their previous countries and they put far less emphasis on educational attainment. Many of them bring lower class mentalities (gang banging, single motherhood, apathy towards academics, etc.) with them. Add to that confounding factors like racism from the American populace as well. My godparents were white Cubans and they were hard-asses when it came to being well-educated. To them, higher education was the standard. Why there are not more Latinos taking advantage of educational opportunities and making the big bucks is beyond me.
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I wonder where Albuquerque ranks in all of this, there is no Hispanic affluent neighborhood here, there is barely an affluent neighborhood at all, its a very small section.
I dont think all of those Hispanics are home grown, I'm sure they moved there for more career opportunities.
By the way, the stats of Hispanics making more than $200,000 is far more indicative of affluence. $100,000 is firmly middle class in many cities. Also, I hate to say this, but there is an issue of race-class stratification. I am sure white Hispanics (many of who live in South Florida, for example) do far better economically than black, mestizo or Amerindian Hispanics. Many of the latter Hispanics were poorer in their previous countries and they put far less emphasis on educational attainment. Many of them bring lower class mentalities (gang banging, single motherhood, apathy towards academics, etc.) with them. Add to that confounding factors like racism from the American populace as well. My godparents were white Cubans and they were hard-asses when it came to being well-educated. To them, higher education was the standard. Why there are not more Latinos taking advantage of educational opportunities and making the big bucks is beyond me.
I would have to agree with your assertions especially about Cubans. In Cuban culture education is everything and if you drop out of high school you are basically a parriah and a embarassment to the family. Out of all of the hispanic groups in the US Cubans have the highest percentage of college degrees and the highest household incomes.
Since I'm a American of Cuban descent I never remember hearing of cuban gangs growing up either. I'm not disparaging other hispanics but like you said language skills also hinder educational achievement and employment. I would have to say that Miami, NYC & LA is were you will find wealthy hispanics.
I'd be surprised if there wasn't a Cuban gang somewhere as pretty much every community has had a gang or crime venture no matter how successful the group is on average. Although the only Cuban gang I find info on is one in a video-game so maybe I'm wrong.
This is interesting data. Particularly because Dallas and Hosuton have more hispanics than Washington and the Bay Area, yet they both have more affluent hispanics. Does that speak to the fact that different kind of hispanics move different places? Does Texas get the poor hispanics and the Northeast, West Coast, and Southern Florida get the affluent hispanics?
Well you need to keep in mind the cost of living as well when you're just using straight $$'s.
Someone making $100,000 in Dallas would have a different purchase power than they would in San Francisco. My friends moved from Chicago to Iowa, made less money, but were suddenly in a much better financial position.
One almost never uses the term "Hispanic" in Miami. The preferred term is "Latin".
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