HISPANIC HERITAGE
Cinco de Mayo C
inco de Mayo celebrates the leg- endary Battle of Puebla on May 5,
1862, in which a Mexican force of 4,500 men faced 6,000 well-trained French soldiers. The battle lasted four hours and ended in a victory for the Mexican army under Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza. Along with Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 16, Cinco de Mayo has become a time to celebrate Mexican heritage and culture.
31.7 million Number of U.S. residents of Mexi-
can origin in 2009. These residents con- stituted 10 percent of the nation’s total population and 66 percent of the His- panic population.
52.4% Percent of Mexican-origin people who
were male.
19.6 million Number of people of Mexican origin
who lived in California (11.5 million) or Texas (8.04 million). People of Mexican origin made up nearly one-third of the residents of these two states.
25.6 Median age of people in the United
States of Mexican descent. This com- pared with 36.8 years for the popula- tion as a whole.
673,000 Percent of Mexican-origin people who were U.S. military veterans.
1.5 million Number of people of Mexican de-
scent 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher. This included about 404,000 who had a graduate or profes- sional degree.
34.7% Among households where a house-
holder was of Mexican origin, the per- centage of married-couple families with own children younger than 18. For all households, the corresponding percentage was 21 percent.
4.2 people Average size of families with a householder of Mexican origin. The average size of all families was 3.2 people.
15.8% Percentage of employed civilians
16 and older of Mexican heritage who worked in managerial, professional or related occupations. In addition, 27 percent worked in service occupations; 21 percent in sales and office occupa- tions; 15 percent in construction, ex-
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