The 2005 ACS is designed to provide estimates of the size and characteristics of the population residing in households.

• Tables 1-32: Complete "Hispanics at Mid-Decade"
• Table 3: Detailed Hispanic Origin: 2005 
  • Mexican - 63.9%
  • Puerto Rican - 9.1%
  • Cuban - 3.5%
  • Dominican - 2.7%
  • Guatemalan - 1.9%
  • Honduran - 1.1%
  • Nicaraguan - 0.7% 
• Hispanic Population by State: 2000 and 2005 
   
• Table 17: English Ability by Age, Race and Ethnicity: 2005 
  

The Hispanic unemployment rate reached a historic low of 5.2% in the second quarter of 2006.  Wages for Latino workers also rose between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006, and at a faster rate than for other workers. The healthy job market for Latinos has been driven by the construction industry.

• Construction added nearly a half a million jobs alone between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006, the majority of them filled by foreign-born Latinos.
• Since the jobs recovery began in 2003, nearly 1 million Latinos have found jobs in construction, accounting for about 40% of all new jobs gained by Hispanics.
• The construction sector, however, is showing signs of a slowdown, and that could have an impact on Latino employment.

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For 2006, TNS Media Intelligence is forecasting 12.9% growth in Spanish-language media, cmpared to 4.9% for all U.S. media.

• Top 10 Hispanic Local TV Markets
  1. Los Angeles
  2. New York
  3. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
  4. Houston
  5. Chicago
  6. Dallas-Ft. Worth
  7. San Antonia
  8. San Francisco
  9. Phoenix
  10. Harlingen, TX
      

• Top 10 Advertisers in Spanish-Language Spot TV
  by measured U.S. spot TV ad spending