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African diaspora > Afro-descendants 12.9% [22nd of 34]
African diaspora > Population 38,499,303.74 [2nd of 34]
Age at first marriage for men 26 years [19th of 19]
Age at first marriage for women 25 years [19th of 19]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.49 Time series [135th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 20.6 [168th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 29,889,645 Time series [6th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 20.1% Time series [157th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 31,257,108 Time series [6th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 67 [72nd of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 102,161,823 Time series [4th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 67.1% Time series [76th of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 101,825,901 Time series [4th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 22,426,914 Time series [4th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 12.7% Time series [50th of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 16,263,255 Time series [4th of 225]
Attitude of women > Should have equal rights 62% [7th of 9]
Attitude of women > Women are better off now 93% [4th of 9]
Attitude of women > Women are happier now 28% [7th of 9]
Attitude of women > Women do have equal rights 8% [6th of 8]
Average size of households 2.6 [6th of 17]
Chinese population 2,000,000 [6th of 127]
Couples with children 25% [22nd of 23]
Disabled persons earning capacity 71% [13th of 14]
Disabled persons employment 58% [12th of 15]
Disbility benefit recipients 4.7% [10th of 14]
Divorce rate 4.95 per 1,000 people [1st of 34]
Elderly living in institution 6% [11th of 16]
Elderly living with children 15% [6th of 12]
Ethnic groups > A note
a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)
Ethnicity > London 44,622 [13th of 21]
Female population > Age 10-14 10,024,322 [4th of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.36 [172nd of 224]
Female population > Age 100-104 64,388 [1st of 49]
Female population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.02 [11th of 49]
Female population > Age 15-19 10,451,316 [4th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.5 [179th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 10,194,491 [4th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.42 [181st of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 10,022,829 [4th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.36 [186th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 9,659,910 [4th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.24 [151st of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 10,485,644 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.51 [93rd of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 11,243,245 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.77 [57th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 11,512,111 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.86 [27th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 10,470,636 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.51 [31st of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 9,310,852 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.12 [36th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 7,062,450 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.37 [46th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 5,543,152 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.86 [58th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 4,698,878 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.57 [59th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 4,252,239 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.42 [49th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 3,474,360 [3rd of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.16 [64th of 224]
Female population > Age 85-89 2,209,174 [2nd of 66]
Female population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.74 [27th of 66]
Female population > Age 90-94 1,068,373 [1st of 49]
Female population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.36 [15th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 343,315 [1st of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.12 [11th of 49]
Gender development 0.937 [4th of 141]
Gender development index 0.927 [10th of 17]
Gender empowerment 0.757 [11th of 65]
Gender empowerment measure 0.757 [10th of 17]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital Washington, D.C.
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
1,213,807 (2000 census) (United States of America: ) – an estimated 3,000,000 claim Greek descent (United States Department of State: )
Home ownership 65% [7th of 14]
Households with more than 5 people 10% [5th of 16]
Lone parent families 9% [5th of 23]
Male population > Age 10-14 10,516,921 [5th of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.52 [173rd of 224]
Male population > Age 100-104 13,877 [1st of 49]
Male population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0 [8th of 49]
Male population > Age 15-19 11,012,552 [4th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.69 [177th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 10,754,502 [4th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.6 [175th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 10,336,863 [4th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.46 [186th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 9,833,159 [4th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.29 [164th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 10,542,520 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.53 [102nd of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 11,106,208 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.72 [61st of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 11,215,604 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.76 [38th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 10,025,751 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.36 [36th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 8,754,898 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 2.93 [42nd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 6,440,788 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.16 [46th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 4,833,624 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.62 [62nd of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 3,819,597 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.28 [58th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 3,096,612 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.04 [50th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 2,138,294 [3rd of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.72 [51st of 224]
Male population > Age 85-89 1,121,984 [2nd of 66]
Male population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.38 [20th of 66]
Male population > Age 90-94 418,928 [1st of 49]
Male population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.14 [9th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 99,372 [1st of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.03 [12th of 49]
Marriage rate 9.8 [1st of 27]
Nobel prize laureates 270 [1st of 44]
North American countries by population density > Density 31 [31st of 36]
North American countries by population density > Population 301,000,000 [1st of 36]
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Age 119 yr 97 d
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Born 24 September 1880
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Died 30 December 1999
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Name Sarah Knauss
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Sex F
One person households 26 [1st of 22]
Overseas Chinese > 2005 Population 3,376,031 [4th of 20]
People > Note
data for the US are based on projections that do not take into consideration the results of the 2000 census
Percentage living in rural areas. 20% [157th of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 80% [43rd of 199]
Persons per room 0.5 [58th of 60]
Population > CIA Factbook 303,824,640 Time series [4th of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 20.77 % Time series [136th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 66.92 % Time series [56th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 12.31 % Time series [38th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 0.96 annual % Time series [122nd of 195]
Population in largest city 18,718,350 Time series [3rd of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 7.82 % Time series [112nd of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 128,327,900 Time series [2nd of 106]
Population, female > % of total 50.8 % Time series [66th of 190]
Projected population growth 45.31% [78th of 141]
Righteous Among the Nations > Count 3 [36th of 43]
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 16 Feb 1995
Romanian diaspora > Romanian Population
367,000 (2000)(Depending on how one counts who is Romanian, the number in the U.S. may be considerably higher. counts 1.2 million in the U.S. who understand Romanian; their numbers are a bit vague, but (once one discounts Jews, Armenians, etc.) seem to suggest a figure of about 900,000 ethnic Romanians.) - 1,100,000
Rural population 56,910,800 Time series [9th of 193]
Rural population growth > annual % -0.82 annual % Time series [161st of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1 [114th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1 [120th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.05 [132nd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.72 [144th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 0.97 [148th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.05 [60th of 215]
Size of houses 72% [4th of 18]
Teenage birth rate 52.1 [1st of 28]
Total Population 298,444,215 [3rd of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 20,541,243 [4th of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.88 [173rd of 224]
Total population > Age 100-104 78,265 [1st of 49]
Total population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.03 [4th of 49]
Total population > Age 15-19 21,463,868 [4th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 7.19 [177th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 20,948,993 [4th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 7.02 [178th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 20,359,692 [4th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 6.82 [188th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 19,493,069 [4th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 6.53 [157th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 21,028,164 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 7.05 [99th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 22,349,453 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 7.49 [54th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 22,727,715 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 7.62 [32nd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 20,496,387 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 6.87 [35th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 18,065,750 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 6.05 [41st of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 13,503,238 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 4.52 [45th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 10,376,776 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 3.48 [64th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 8,518,475 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 2.85 [59th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 7,348,851 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 2.46 [50th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 5,612,654 [3rd of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.88 [58th of 224]
Total population > Age 85-89 3,331,158 [2nd of 66]
Total population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.12 [25th of 66]
Total population > Age 90-94 1,487,301 [1st of 49]
Total population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.5 [15th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 442,687 [1st of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.15 [8th of 49]
Total Population > Female 151,783,235 [3rd of 227]
Total Population > Male 146,660,980 [3rd of 227]
Urban population 239,499,600 Time series [3rd of 195]
Urban population growth > annual % 1.36 annual % Time series [119th of 195]
Urbanization 77 [45th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 73.7% [22nd of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 81% [37th of 164]
Women > Antenatal care coverage % 99 [16th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 76 [19th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 108 [61st of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 8 [134th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 17 [136th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 99 [46th of 172]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: African diaspora; Wikipedia: African diaspora ; 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Economist, 9 October 1999; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table SS5.1; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table EQ6; divorcereform.org2004; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002., Statistical Annex Table C6; Richard Disney and Edward Whitehouse, 'The Economic Well-Being of Older People in International Perspective: A Critical Review' (LIS Working Paper 306, June 2002), p. 7; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: London ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); see p. 35; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; Economist, 30 March 2002, and Euromonitor; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; Wikipedia: List of North American countries by population density ; Wikipedia: Oldest people ; Wikipedia: Overseas Chinese ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Wikipedia: Righteous Among the Nations ; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Romanian diaspora ; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; Figures are all from the market analysts Euromonitor. See also Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1998; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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latansatechno
11th August 2011 		nice information,,,will come back here future,,,
Abdourahman Jallow
19th February 2011 		It is an important issued
Mexican
12th December 2010 		Ohh dear, poor white population decline? Just try going back 600 years? Do u remember what your forefatehrs did to native indian americans, mexicans in north and south america by spreading DISEASES? oh dear, how do u whites feel when non-whites do same atrocties which your forefathers did on our ancestors? 110 million native americans were killed by invading europeasn terrorsists. 91 million blacks were killed in africa by PEACEFUL CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES. 6 million chinese died of europeans drug imports during 18th centuary to force chinese emperor to surrender business to WHITES. 3.5 million indians dies of artificial famine created by the GREAT WINSTON CHURCHILL during world war by robbing all indian crops and exporting them to UK. Do u think your christ will save u from those sins? nah nah no way. You MUST pay the price for it. Your women will be raped in the same way as u your ancestors raped latin women and throwing their dead bodies into rivers. Your white population will die of similar diseases in large numbers, your kids and brothers will starve to death and drugs will make your sisters hanging hooker bitches to non-white customers. You white bastards are worse than taliban. Taliban kills people openly whereas u bastards kill secretly. GOD will punish you rotten stinky assholes.
Steven Colosi
17th April 2005 		From around eighth grade I have been interested in finding out the way our government groups people into racial categories on U.S. Census forms, State tests, and at the DMV knowing that Hispanic is not a race and is already aforementioned on the forms. There seems to be many lacks of understanding on some and I am going to make it my sole duty to bring awareness to this politically sensitive matter. I support adding ‘Mediterranean and Middle Easterner’ as a separate category on the application form. The system is so screwed up that everyone from countries east of the Middle East is considered Asian despite the fact that people from India are Caucasians and not at all relative to people from China. It is stupid that our government views people of a darker complexion as non-Caucasian and we have all of these Northern Nazi types claiming to be the Aryan race. I am sorry but Aryan people are nothing close to Hitler’s description. Iranians and people from the Indian subcontinent are the true Aryans, which doesn’t even have a racial reference in their usage.

Our government just doesn’t have a clue in the world how to identify people and therefore we have people of an “unknown race” because of ignorance. I don’t understand why Hispanic shouldn’t refer to Portuguese culture instead of just pertaining to Spanish culture, especially when their cultures are more related to each other than our government gives them credit for. The definition is no doubt ignorant of that fact. After all they both occupy the same peninsula, which was known as Hispania and is known today as the Iberian Peninsula.

The Latins were the ancient ancestors of the Italians whom settled in the region of Italy known as Latium and is now Lazio. However, the Celt Iberians were the ancient ancestors of the Spanish and Portuguese and therefore, they are a Celt Iberian people, not a Latin people, despite their languages derive principally from their language. If a Latin was a native or resident of ancient Latium, then it isn’t a native or inhabitant of Latin America. A Latino is a Hispanic American whereas an Italian or someone of Italian descent residing in America is a Latin-American. However, people from Portugal and Brazil are not Hispanic American considering the definition for Hispanic.

I also have found out by curiosity that Ralph Nader is an Arab-American of Lebanese descent. Believe it or not Doug Flutie is also an Arab-American and they are white according to the government. This is why I prefer ‘Mediterranean and Middle Easterner’ added to the application. Latins, Greeks, Albanians, and Maltese (Mediterraneans) have a lot more in common with North Africans and Middle Easterners than Europeans in terms of culture, music, and history. In addition, Mediterraneans have generally the same complexion as Arabs because of where they live and if I were full-blooded I would have more of an olive complexion even though it is not always true. ~ Steven Colosi
P.A.H.R.
Steven Colosi
17th April 2005 		From around eighth grade I have been interested in finding out the way our government groups people into racial categories on U.S. Census forms, State tests, and at the DMV knowing that Hispanic is not a race and is already aforementioned on the forms. There seems to be many lacks of understanding on some and I am going to make it my sole duty to bring awareness to this politically sensitive matter. I support adding ‘Mediterranean and Middle Easterner’ as a separate category on the application form. The system is so screwed up that everyone from countries east of the Middle East is considered Asian despite the fact that people from India are Caucasians and not at all relative to people from China. It is stupid that our government views people of a darker complexion as non-Caucasian and we have all of these Northern Nazi types claiming to be the Aryan race. I am sorry but Aryan people are nothing close to Hitler’s description. Iranians and people from the Indian subcontinent are the true Aryans, which doesn’t even have a racial reference in their usage.

Our government just doesn’t have a clue in the world how to identify people and therefore we have people of an “unknown race” because of ignorance. I don’t understand why Hispanic shouldn’t refer to Portuguese culture instead of just pertaining to Spanish culture, especially when their cultures are more related to each other than our government gives them credit for. The definition is no doubt ignorant of that fact. After all they both occupy the same peninsula, which was known as Hispania and is known today as the Iberian Peninsula.

The Latins were the ancient ancestors of the Italians whom settled in the region of Italy known as Latium and is now Lazio. However, the Celt Iberians were the ancient ancestors of the Spanish and Portuguese and therefore, they are a Celt Iberian people, not a Latin people, despite their languages derive principally from their language. If a Latin was a native or resident of ancient Latium, then it isn’t a native or inhabitant of Latin America. A Latino is a Hispanic American whereas an Italian or someone of Italian descent residing in America is a Latin-American. However, people from Portugal and Brazil are not Hispanic American considering the definition for Hispanic.

I also have found out by curiosity that Ralph Nader is an Arab-American of Lebanese descent. Believe it or not Doug Flutie is also an Arab-American and they are white according to the government. This is why I prefer ‘Mediterranean and Middle Easterner’ added to the application. Latins, Greeks, Albanians, and Maltese (Mediterraneans) have a lot more in common with North Africans and Middle Easterners than Europeans in terms of culture, music, and history. In addition, Mediterraneans have generally the same complexion as Arabs because of where they live and if I were full-blooded I would have more of an olive complexion even though it is not always true.
Packard Bell
2nd April 2005 		Steven, made his final corrections to what he submitted to http://www.portuguesefoundation.org/hispanic.htm in December by backing up his opinion with facts. However, since already have submitted, can't change it. So he has submitted his comments to the U.S. Census Bureau multiple times and worked on revising his sentences along the way. He touched up for the last time on Monday and hopes to see here in the commentary.
   
31st March 2005 		The term Caucasian race has in time acquired somewhat different meanings in different contexts.It is popularly used in North America to describe whites of northern, eastern and western European descent, usually excluding Italians, Greeks, Albanians, and Maltese (Mediterraneans) along with North Africans and Middle Easterners.
Steven Colosi
15th March 2005 		From around eighth grade I have been interested in finding out the way our government groups people into racial categories on U.S. Census forms, State tests, and at the DMV knowing that Hispanic is not a race and is already aforementioned on the forms. There seems to be many lacks of understanding on some and I am going to make it my sole duty to bring awareness to this politically sensitive matter. I support adding Mediterranean and Middle Easterner as a separate category on the application form. The system is so screwed up that everyone from countries east of the Middle East is considered Asian despite the fact that people from India are Caucasians and not at all relative to people from China. It is stupid that our government views people of a darker complexion as non-Caucasian and we have all of these Northern Nazi types claiming to be the Aryan race. I am sorry but Aryan people are nothing close to Hitler’s description. Iranians and people from the Indian subcontinent are the true Aryans, which doesn’t even have a racial reference in their usage.
Our government just doesn’t have a clue in the world how to identify people and therefore we have people of an “unknown race” because of ignorance. I don’t understand why Hispanic shouldn’t refer to Portuguese culture instead of just pertaining to Spanish culture especially when their cultures are more related to each other than our government gives them credit for. The definition is no doubt ignorant of that fact. After all they both occupy the same peninsula, which was known as Hispania and is known today as the Iberian Peninsula.
The Latins are the ancient ancestors of the Italians whom settle in the region of Italy known as Latium and is now Lazio. However, the Celt Iberians are the ancient ancestors of the Spanish and Portuguese and therefore they are a Celt Iberian people, not a Latin people despite their languages derive principally from their language. If a Latin is a native or resident of ancient Latium, then they aren’t a native or inhabitant of Latin America. A Latino is a Hispanic American whereas an Italian or someone of Italian descent residing in America is a Latin-American. However, people from Portugal and Brazil are not Hispanic American considering the definition for Hispanic.
I also have found out by curiosity that Ralph Nader is an Arab-American of Lebanese descent. Believe it or not Doug Flutie is also an Arab-American and they are white according to the government. This is why I want Mediterranean and Middle Easterner added to the application. Latins, Greeks, and Albanians have generally the same complexion as Arabs and in addition if I were full-blooded I would have more of an olive complexion even though it is not always true.
Yahoo!
11th March 2005 		Usage Note: Though often used interchangeably in American English, 'Hispanic' and 'Latino' are not identical terms, and in certain contexts the choice between them can be significant. Hispanic, from the Latin word for “Spain,” has the broader reference, potentially encompassing all Spanish-speaking peoples in both hemispheres and emphasizing the common denominator of language among communities that sometimes have little else in common. 'Latino', which in Spanish means "Latin" but which as an English word is probably a shortening of the Spanish word Latino-Americano refers more exclusively to persons or communities of Latin American origin. Of the two, only Hispanic can be used in referring to Spain and its history and culture; a native of Spain residing in the United States is a Hispanic, not a Latino, and one cannot substitute Latino in the phrase the Hispanic influence on native Mexican cultures without garbling the meaning. In practice, however, this distinction is of little significance when referring to residents of the United States, most of whom are of Latin American origin and can theoretically be called by either word. A more important distinction concerns the sociopolitical rift that has opened between Latino and Hispanic in American usage. For a certain segment of the Spanish-speaking population, Latino is a term of ethnic pride and Hispanic a label that borders on the offensive. According to this view, Hispanic lacks the authenticity and cultural resonance of Latino, with its Spanish sound and its ability to show the feminine form Latina when used of women. Furthermore, Hispanic, the term used by the U.S. Census Bureau and other government agencies, is said to bear the stamp of an Anglo establishment far removed from the concerns of the Spanish-speaking community. While these views are strongly held by some, they are by no means universal, and the division in usage seems as related to geography as it is to politics, with Latino widely preferred in California and Hispanic the more usual term in Florida and Texas. Even in these regions, however, usage is often mixed, and it is not uncommon to find both terms used by the same writer or speaker.
Yahoo!
5th February 2005 		Usage Note: Though often used interchangeably in American English, Hispanic and Latino are not identical terms, and in certain contexts the choice between them can be significant. Hispanic, from the Latin word for “Spain,” has the broader reference, potentially encompassing all Spanish-speaking peoples in both hemispheres and emphasizing the common denominator of language among communities that sometimes have little else in common. Latinowhich in Spanish means "Latin" but which as an English word is probably a shortening of the Spanish word latinoamericanorefers more exclusively to persons or communities of Latin American origin. Of the two, only Hispanic can be used in referring to Spain and its history and culture; a native of Spain residing in the United States is a Hispanic, not a Latino, and one cannot substitute Latino in the phrase the Hispanic influence on native Mexican cultures without garbling the meaning. In practice, however, this distinction is of little significance when referring to residents of the United States, most of whom are of Latin American origin and can theoretically be called by either word. ·A more important distinction concerns the sociopolitical rift that has opened between Latino and Hispanic in American usage. For a certain segment of the Spanish-speaking population, Latino is a term of ethnic pride and Hispanic a label that borders on the offensive. According to this view, Hispanic lacks the authenticity and cultural resonance of Latino, with its Spanish sound and its ability to show the feminine form Latina when used of women. Furthermore, Hispanicthe term used by the U.S. Census Bureau and other government agenciesis said to bear the stamp of an Anglo establishment far removed from the concerns of the Spanish-speaking community. While these views are strongly held by some, they are by no means universal, and the division in usage seems as related to geography as it is to politics, with Latino widely preferred in California and Hispanic the more usual term in Florida and Texas. Even in these regions, however, usage is often mixed, and it is not uncommon to find both terms used by the same writer or speaker.
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