The influx of Spanishspeaking people into New York City. which tapered off during the last few years. Is on the rise again. causing new changes and tensions. Todays estimate of the number of Cubans in Floridas Dade County is about a hundred thousand. of which about twothirds are refugees. In Miami alone there are another 25.000 Spanishspeaking peoples from other countries. just as there are Spanishspeaking people from all of the Central and South American countries in New York City and even here in the Nations Capital. as anyone can ascertain by walking along Columbia Road to Mount Pleasant Street. New Mexicos largest minority group consists of Americans of Spanish and Mexican descent. They constitute about 29 percent of the populatiofi of the State. One .out of seven New Yorkers has a Latin American background. and this segment of the citys population is expected to increase rapidly because of its high birth rate and because of new immigration from Central and South America attracted here by our labor shortages. In Denver. there are 60.000 in the Spanish and Mexican American community. 11 percent of the citys population. In San Antonio. 300.000 of the citys 700.000 residents are SpanishAmericans.
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