Special Issue: Latinos of the DMV
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Welcome to Hola Cultura’s Fall Special Issue!
Over the summer, our team of student reporters, researchers and cartographers spent six weeks investigating Washington D.C.’s changing Latino settlement patterns. We interviewed longtime residents, examined U.S. Census data, and built spreadsheets and online maps.
While last summer we focused on the making of Washington D.C.’s first Latino neighborhoods over the last few decades, this year we looked at where Latinos have been moving since 2010. We mapped Latino population hubs in D.C. and the suburbs, then looked more closely at the different national groups that make up the area’s nearly 1 million “Latino” residents.
Where different Latin American national groups cluster in the DMV area is the subject of today’s top story. We mapped the eight largest Latin American communities in Washington and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs. See where the Salvadorans, Mexicans and Guatemalans live in greatest numbers and learn which Latin American diasporas have little presence in the District but large ones in the suburbs.
Read our first story about DMV Latino neighborhoods by nationality on our new sister site, Hola Cultura Más. Each day over the next week we will feature a different story from the Fall Special Issue here on HolaCultura.com. But if you can’t wait, you can read several of the stories (más y más…je,je,je!) while you are over at the Hola Cultura Más site today. But don’t forget to check back next week, when we will upload even more maps and stories. We’re also working on a Spanish-language translation of the whole thing, so stay tuned! And don’t forget to share your thoughts and comments. Thanks for visiting. ¡Saludos!
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