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  • Title: Hispanics in Wisconsin, 1980.
    Author: Slesinger DP.
    Journal: Popul Notes; 1986 Sep; (18):1-4. PubMed ID: 12341215.
    Abstract:
    Hispanics comprise 1.3% of Wisconsin's total population, making them the 3rd largest racial and ethnic group, following whites (94.4%) and blacks (3.8%). This note contains information on the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of Wisconsin's Hispanic population, based on 1980 Census of Population data. 2 factors have contributed to the growth of the Hispanic population in Wisconsin: 1) Hispanic women bear more children, on average, than other Wisconsin women--3.7 compared to 2.9; and 2) in-migration is large. Hispanics in Wisconsin, as in the US, live primarily in cities. Over 1/3 of all Hispanics are less than 15 years old, compared to 1/4 of the total population. Because of the large number of Hispanics in younger age groups, the proportion of single Hispanic persons is higher than the proportion of all single persons in the state, while the proportion of married persons is lower. 80% of Hispanic households are family households, compared to 73% of all Wisconsin households. Although higher education and full employment are important to meet the needs of the Hispanic population, Hispanics have lower levels of education and higher rates of unemployment than Wisconsin residents as a whole. Lack of education and high unemployment result in wide-spread poverty among Hispanics, especially amoung female-headed Hispanic families--nearly 1/2 wer lving in poverty in 1979. With regard to socioeconomic characteristics, there is consideralbe variation among Hispanic heritage groups.
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