El Condado
By The Immigrant Experience Project Team

The Bronx is now home to a diverse group of people representing countries from all over the Americas. Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Columbians, Guatemalans and Venezuelans are some of the larger groups that now make the Bronx there home.

According to the 200 Census, the Latino population of New York City soared to its highest level ever, surpassing two million in the Census 2000. This extraordinary increase in the number of Latinos was accompanied by an increase in the diversity of the Latino population.

Nearly 50% of the Bronx population is Latino and they are a major force in all areas New York City life. Borough President Alfonso Carrion describes the Bronx "as 61 neighborhoods that exemplify the best of New York and the world."

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The following is a breakdown of the Lation population in the Bronx.*

Population
Bronx
Mexicans 34,377
Puerto Ricans 319,240
Cubans 8,233
Dominicans 133,087
Central Americans 21,408
South Americans 20,782
Other Latinos 107,578
Total Latinos 644,705
Total County Population 1,332,650
Percentage Latino 48%

*From 2000 Census