Mexicans in Atlanta
Atlanta has a substantial Mexican population. More than 314,351 Mexicans live in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Mexican population in the Atlanta area is growing and started developing since the 1980s and 1990s. Mexicans are concentrated in Gwinnett County. Many Mexican men in Atlanta are construction workers. Mexicans in Atlanta are also carpenters, painters and paperhangers and construction supervisors.[1] The construction industry of Greater Atlanta has become dependent on Mexican-American labor.[2] The Mexican population has been growing rapidly in Atlanta since 1970. Mexicans makeup the largest foreign born Latino population in Atlanta.[3] Mexicans made up 61 percent of metropolitan Atlanta's Hispanic population according to the 2000 census.[4]
Notable people
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References
- ^ "Mexicans - global Atlanta Snapshots" (PDF). Atlanta Regional Commission.
- ^ Education in the New Latino Diaspora: Policy and the Politics of Identity.
- ^ "The Past and Present of Immigration in Atlanta". asanet.org.
- ^ Latino Immigrants and the Transformation of the U.S. South. p. 115.
- ^ "Like A Mexican: Rapper Kap G Is Putting On For His Culture". Vibe.
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