Hispanic Population & Demographic Census Info

The 2003 United States Census Bureau estimates that there are over 39.9 million people that identify themselves as Hispanic/Latino Americans. This number represents about 13.7% of the nations total population. This number does not include the 3.9 residents of Puerto Rico. Mexican Americans account for approximately 67% of this population. The remaining population consists of 14% Central (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica) and South Americans (Venezuela, Colombia), 9% Puerto Ricans, 7% Dominicans and Spanish origins, and 4% Cubans. Hispanic Americans are the nationÆs largest minority group. (U.S. Census Bureau July 2003).

Large populations of Hispanic Americans live on the east coast and Southwest Border States, e.g., California, New Mexico, and Arizona. The top ten states that indicate Hispanic populations of 1 million or more are California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, New Jersey, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada respectively. Two-thirds of Puerto Ricans on the mainland live in New York and New Jersey, and two-thirds Cuban Americans live in Florida (Population Reference Bureau, 2000). Many Southwestern Latinos are recent immigrants; others are descendants of Mexican and Spanish settlers who lived in the territory before it belonged to the United States. These regions have high concentrations of Hispanics however; the population growth is expanding throughout the United States (U.S. Cen

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t, and sensitive intervention strategies and skills in working with their culturally different clients. Studies consistently reveal that counseling effectiveness is improved when counselors use modalities and define goals consistent with the life experiences and cultural values of clients. It is recognized that extrapsychic as well as intrapsychic approaches may be more appropriate and that differential helping strategies may be needed (Sue & Arredond, 1992). Cultural Competency within King County Mental Health Minority Executive Directors Coalition (MEDC) of King County. The Minority Executive Directors Coalition (MEDC) is a state wide coalition that has provided social, political and economic support to communities of color for over 20 years. In most recent years the MEDCÆs King County division has provided cultural competency training to health and human services agencies and organization in both the private and public sectors. The agency defines cultural competency as ôa set of behaviors, attributes and policies enabling an agency or individual to work effectively in cross cultural situationsö (Cross, 1989, p. ??). The training program utilizes the interaction of participants through behavioral exercises, case studies,
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