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The percentage of Latinos in Newark, the most populous city in New Jersey, grew considerably between 1980 and 2010, from 18.6% to 33.8%; that of blacks has slightly decreased from 58.2% to 52.4%. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 33.83% (93,746) or one-third of the population, [ 16 ] of which 13% of the total population was Puerto Rican ...
In 1850, the United States census counted approximately 80,000 Mexican treaty citizens living across California, Texas, and New Mexico. [56] New Mexico was the largest United States territory at the time, with around 61,547 inhabitants, about 95% of whom were former Mexican citizens. [57]
Hispanic and Latino American people in New Jersey politics (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Hispanic and Latino American history of New Jersey" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Crucible of Struggle: A History of Mexican Americans from the Colonial Period to the Present Era (2010) Weber, David J. Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale University Press, 1992; brief edition 2009) Weber, David J. New Spain's Far Northern Frontier: Essays on Spain in the American West, 1540-1821 (University of New Mexico Press, 1979).
From 1819 to 1848, the United States increased its area by roughly a third at Spanish and Mexican expense, acquiring the present-day U.S states of California, Texas, Nevada, Utah, most of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after the Mexican-American War, [53] as ...
Mexicans (Spanish: Mexicanos) are the citizens and nationals of the United Mexican States.The Mexican people have varied origins with the most spoken language being Spanish, but many also speak languages from 68 different Indigenous linguistic groups and other languages brought to Mexico by expatriates or recent immigration.
Puerto Rican culture in New Jersey (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Hispanic and Latino American culture in New Jersey" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Paleo-Indians first settled in the area of present-day New Jersey after the Wisconsin Glacier melted around 13,000 B.C. The Zierdt site in Montague, Sussex County and the Plenge site along the Musconetcong River in Franklin Township, Warren County, as well as the Dutchess Cave in Orange County, New York, represent camp sites of Paleo-Indians.