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Striking Percentage Ages 6 or Older Identify as Latino

By Jody Brannon and National Journal
**HOLD FOR SOUTH DESK STORY** Yanelis Ganuzas, center,sits on a decorated swing during her quinceanera party in Hialeah, Fla, March 15, 2009. Due to the recession, many parents are cutting costs but still holding coming of age parties like quinceaneras. Decorations are being made at home, donations are sought and the entertainment is less lavish than years before. (AP Photo/Jeff. M. Boan) (National Journal)
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The desire to connect with America's growing Hispanic and Latino audiences has marketing firms parsing data, looking to help clients make sense of shifting demographics.

With the growth in immigration and U.S.-born Hispanics and their families, the marketing firm Experian has produced an analysis concluding that ...

16%
in the U.S. ages 6 and older
identify as Latino or Hispanic 


This figure is up 2 percentage points from 2006, when this figure was 14 percent.

The report also points to a youth boom, saying that 1,008 Latina girls in the United States turn 15 each day (tying that to the traditional coming-of-age celebration of quinceañera), up nearly 8 percent from 2006. But the other striking figure is among Generation Y and younger:

~25%

in the U.S. ages 6 to 34
identify as Latino or Hispanic 


These numbers are in addition to census data showing that the U.S. population growth in general will slow, then skew older and more diverse by 2060.