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time67
07-01-2018, 01:59 AM
This can all be verified on American Factfinder.com. Here's I'll give an example of how diverse the Latin American communities are.

https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

Union City, NJ:

Population: 66,455(2010)


Latin American groups: (84.7% Hispanic)

Mexican: 5,198(7.8%)

Puerto Rican: 6,643(10%)
Cuban: 7,510(11.3%)
Dominican: 10,020(15.1%)

Costa Rican: 82(0.1%)
Guatemalan: 1,097(1.7%)
Honduran: 2,533(3.8%)
Nicaraguan: 294(0.4%)
Panamanian: 47(0.1%)
Salvadoran: 5,060(7.6%)

Argentinian: 448(0.7%)
Bolivian: 145(0.2%)
Chilean: 372(0.6%)
Colombian: 3,224(4.9%)
Ecuadorian: 6,135(9.2%)
Paraguayan: 11(0%)
Peruvian: 3,111(4.7%)
Uruguayan: 183(0.3%)
Venezuelan: 266(0.4%)



Elizabeth, NJ:

Population: 124,969

Latin American groups: (59.5% Hispanic)

Mexican: 4,123(3.3%)

Puerto Rican: 13,488(10.8%)
Cuban: 6,570(5.3%)
Dominican: 7,037(5.7%)

Costa Rican: 660(0.5%)
Guatemalan: 1,131(0.9%)
Honduran: 2,338(1.9%)
Nicaraguan: 407(0.3%)
Panamanian: 127(0.1%)
Salvadoran: 7,364(5.9%)

Argentinian: 557(0.4%)
Bolivian: 164(0.1%)
Chilean: 212(0.2%)
Colombian: 10,692(8.6%)
Ecuadorian: 5,591(4.5%)
Paraguayan: 23(0%)
Peruvian: 5,419(4.3%)
Uruguayan: 2,553(2%)
Venezuelan: 389(0.3%)


West New York, NJ:

Population: 49,708


Latin American Groups: (78.1%)


Mexican: 4,944(9.9%)

Puerto Rican: 2,849(5.7%)
Cuban: 7,514(15.1%)
Dominican: 4,935(9.9%)

Costa Rican: 114(0.2%)
Guatemalan: 1,594(3.2%)
Honduran: 970(2%)
Nicaraguan: 182(0.4%)
Panamanian: 35(0.1%)
Salvadoran: 4,504(9.1%)

Argentinian: 312(0.6%)
Bolivian: 87(0.2%)
Chilean: 279(0.6%)
Colombian: 3,077(6.2%)
Ecuadorian: 3,348(6.7%)
Paraguayan: 7(0%)
Peruvian: 1,205(2.4%)
Uruguayan: 127(0.3%)
Venezuelan: 243(0.5%)


And there's much more. Imho, no place in the U.S. other than New Jersey can compete with Miami when it comes to Pan Latin American diversity. There's a decent Brazilian population in all of these cities as well but they're not grouped in with Hispanics in the census.