• One of every seven people in the United States is of Hispanic origin.
• Hispanics are not one race, nor do they represent a single ethnic group. The racial and ethnic composition of Hispanics has three major elements: European, African and Native American.
• The term Latino is another term for Hispanic.
• The word Hispanic was coined by the Romans in 204 B.C. to identify the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula, today’s Spain and Portugal.
• The term Hispanic was adopted in the United States in the 1970s by the federal government.
• Hispanics are the largest minority in the U.S.
• The U.S. is the fifth largest Hispanic country in the world.
• Seventy percent of the Hispanic population lives in five states: California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois.
• The state of California has more Hispanics than any other group.
• There are more than one million Hispanics living in the Northwest.
• Washington state has the highest Hispanic population in the Northwest.
• St. Augustine and Santa Fe were Hispanic cities founded before Plymouth.
• Spanish is the fourth most frequently spoken language in the world after Mandarin, Hindustany and English.
• Twenty countries speak Spanish as their first language.
Source: www.hispanomundo.com and Ramon Canals
Hispanic Statistics in the Northwest
Alaska:
Total population: 626,932
Hispanic population: 25,852
5 percent of the population
Idaho:
Total population: 1,293,953
Hispanic population: 101,690
8 percent of the population
Montana:
Total population: 902,195
Hispanic population: 18,081
2 percent of the population
Oregon:
Total population: 3,421,399
Hispanic population: 275,314
8 percent of the population
Washington:
Total population: 5,894,212
Hispanic population: 441,509
7 percent of the population
Source: PCensus
Alaska Conference
1 church
1 pastor
26 members
Idaho Conference
3 churches
3 companies
1 pastor
1 Bible worker
365 members
Montana Conference
1 company
1 pastor
11 members
Oregon Conference
5 churches
6 companies
7 groups
14 pastors
3,325 members
Upper Columbia Conference
11 churches
4 companies
4 groups
7 pastors
2,034 members
Washington Conference
8 churches
1 company
2 groups
4 pastors
1,235 members
Source: Ramon Canals
