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. STATE STATS
   

NJ Ranks 9th in Percent of Population that is of Hispanic or Latino Origin, July 2005
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States 2007, US Census Bureau

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             

1

New Mexico

43.4%


25

Virginia

6.0

2

California

35.2

 

27

Maryland

5.7

3

Texas

35.1

 

28

Alaska

5.1

4

Arizona

28.5

 

29

Arkansas

4.7

5

Nevada

23.5

 

30

Indiana

4.5

6

Florida

19.5

 

30

Wisconsin

4.5

6

Colorado

19.5

 

32

Pennsylvania

4.1

8

New York

16.1

 

33

Michigan

3.8

9

New Jersey

15.2

 

34

Iowa

3.7

10

Illinois

14.3

 

35

Minnesota

3.6

11

Connecticut

10.9

 

36

South Carolina

3.3

11

Utah

10.9

 

37

Tennessee

3.0

13

Rhode Island

10.7

 

38

Louisiana

2.8

14

Oregon

9.9

 

39

Missouri

2.7

15

Idaho

9.1

 

40

Montana

2.4

16

Washington

8.8

 

41

Alabama

2.3

17

Kansas

8.3

 

41

Ohio

2.3

18

Hawaii

8.0

 

43

New Hampshire

2.2

19

Massachusetts

7.9

 

44

South Dakota

2.1

20

Georgia

7.1

 

45

Kentucky

2.0

20

Nebraska

7.1

 

46

Mississippi

1.7

22

Wyoming

6.7

 

47

North Dakota

1.6

23

Oklahoma

6.6

 

48

Vermont

1.1

24

North Carolina

6.4

 

49

Maine

1.0

25

Delaware

6.0

 

50

West Virginia

0.9

             
          50 State Average
9.04%
          N.J. % Above Average 68.1%

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