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DID YOU KNOW?
LATINO’S CURRENTLY MAKE UP OVER 19% OF THE U.S. POPULATION & ARE BY FAR THE FASTEST GROWING ETHNIC GROUP!
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF LATINO BUSINESS OWNERS GREW 34%, COMPARED TO 1% FOR ALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE U.S!
LATINO PURCHASING POWER IN THE U.S. HAS REACHED 1.7 TRILLION DOLLARS & ANNUAL SALES FOR LATINO BUSINESSES CONTRIBUTED OVER 700 BILLION DOLLARS TO THE U.S. ECONOMY!
THE LATINO POPULATION HAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST MEDIAN AGES OF ALL ETHNIC GROUPS & WITHIN THE NEXT 5 YEARS, LATINO STUDENTS WILL MAKE UP 30% OF U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS!
67.4% OF LATINO INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE U.S. ARE AN ACTIVE AND CRUCIAL PART OF OUR LABOR FORCE!
FOR EVERY 100,000 LATINO ADULTS IN THE U.S. ON AVERAGE 510 BECOME NEW ENTREPRENEURS EVERY SINGLE MONTH!
