Race - Hispanic

The most Hispanic county in the United States is Starr County, Texas. Of it's 56,686 inhabitants, 55,358 are Hispanic. Of all the counties in the United States, 54 have a majority Hispanic population. Nationwide, there are 38.7 million such persons, representing 13.44% of the nation's population.

One interesting trend I've noticed is that unemployment has fallen most heavily over the last four years in concentrated-minority counties. That's not what I would have expected.

90-100% Hispanic 5 counties; average Bush margin (-42.6%); average 2004 unemployment (11.1%); average 2000 unemployment (14.8%); average population, 2000 (62,717); total population (332,270); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (39.4%)

80-90% Hispanic 11 counties; average Bush margin (-30.6%); average 2004 unemployment (10.1%); average 2000 unemployment (11.0%); average population, 2000 (154,190); total population (1,779,544); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (37.1%)

70-80% Hispanic 12 counties; average Bush margin (-17.8%); average 2004 unemployment (7.0%); average 2000 unemployment (7.9%); average population, 2000 (28,711); total population (348,566); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (33.7%)

60-70% Hispanic 5 counties; average Bush margin (+0.8%); average 2004 unemployment (5.9%); average 2000 unemployment (6.0%); average population, 2000 (50,526); total population (256,328); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (32.6%)

50-60% Hispanic 21 counties; average Bush margin (+14.0%); average 2004 unemployment (8.1%); average 2000 unemployment (7.0%); average population, 2000 (292,666); total population (6,325,860); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (31.6%)

40-50% Hispanic 59 counties; average Bush margin (+25.6%); average 2004 unemployment (5.9%); average 2000 unemployment (5.8%); average population, 2000 (269,229); total population (16,418,944); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (29.7%)

30-40% Hispanic 64 counties; average Bush margin (+26.1%); average 2004 unemployment (4.8%); average 2000 unemployment (4.5%); average population, 2000 (272,580); total population (18,206,933); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (30.8%)

20-30% Hispanic 89 counties; average Bush margin (+26.7%); average 2004 unemployment (4.5%); average 2000 unemployment (3.7%); average population, 2000 (328,062); total population (30,084,112); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (30.4%)

10-20% Hispanic 240 counties; average Bush margin (+23.0%); average 2004 unemployment (4.5%); average 2000 unemployment (3.9%); average population, 2000 (177,026); total population (43,961,179); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (27.6%)

0-10% Hispanic 2632 counties; average Bush margin (+17.1%); average 2004 unemployment (5.1%); average 2000 unemployment (4.7%); average population, 2000 (63,697); total population (170,612,430); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (22.0%)