chapter 33 section 3: Latino Population in the 1980s

1. What does “Texas, 19.4%” mean on the pie graph?: the 19.4% means that less that twenty percent of all latinos live in Texas.

2. Into how many regions is the U.S. map divided?: the U.S. map is divided into 9 regions;

3.What does “Middle Atlantic 8.5%” mean on the map?: only 8.5% of all latinos in the 1980s lived in the middle atlantic.

4. In the table to the right of the map, what does the number 1,437,720 mean for East North Central?: the number 1,437,720 stands for the amount of latinos in the East north central area.

5. How many states contained less than 2 percent of the U.S. Latino population in 1990?: 12 states contained less that 2 % of the U.S. latino population

6. Which state contained nearly 10 percent of the Latino population?: the southwest and west states contain nearly 10% of latino population.

7. In which region was the percentage of Latinos the smallest?: the east south central has the smallest precentage of Latinos.

8. Which two states together accounted for more than half of the nation’s Latino population?: the two states that account for more that half of the nation's lationo population are texas and california.

9. How did the Mountain region rank among all regions in terms of its percentage
of Latinos? How did it rank in terms of its total Latino population? Explain why
the two rankings are not the same.: the mountain regions ranked 3rd in terms of its percentage. it ranked 5th in terms of total latino population. these two rankings are not the same because fewer people live in the mountain region than other regions.

10.Use your knowledge of geography and economics to suggest reasons for the
Latino populations in the Southwest, in Florida, and in certain states of the middle Atlantic region and east north central regions.: i suggest that the reason that there is a large population of latinos in the southwest, florida, and in other states in the atlantic and north central regions are because of the ease to find work and also a habit to not move far from the border due to the climate similarities.