Did You Know + Utah Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

September 15, 2008

Quick quiz: Which has more Hispanic residents, Utah or Puerto Vallarta, Mexico? Utah does now with a census-estimated 306,500 Hispanics compared to tourist-haven Puerto Vallarta’s population of 304,100.

June 19, 2008

Did You Know? Nearly half of the graduating Hispanic student population did not pass the Utah Basic Skills and Competency Test in 2008

June 4, 2008

Did You Know? Only 53.6 percent of Latino seniors – Utah’s largest minority group – graduated in 2005. That’s lower than the national average of 57.8 percent and about 8 percentage points lower than the graduation rate for Utah’s Latino seniors the year before.

March 24, 2008

Did You Know? A new report says that in 2015, the number of Hispanic students graduating from Utah high schools will be more than double (136%) what it was in 2005.

January 18, 2007

Did You Know? The Hispanic population represents some $5 billion in spending power in Utah alone