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The Hispanic population for the Central Florida region has reached 17%, 75% of Hispanics are homeowners, 25% of Central Florida's businesses are Hispanic owned and Hispanics find Central Florida friendly and a wonderful place to live!
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March 9, 2005
Central Florida's Dynamic Demographic
by Deanna Brown
To facilitate a better understanding regarding the growing strength and impact of the Hispanic Community in the Central Florida Region, government, business and community leaders learned together about our collective future by exchanging information and ideas at the Hispanic Summit March 2-4, 2005.
The three pieces of Original Research Studies: The Economic Impact of Hispanics in Central Florida; Puerto Ricans in Orlando and Central Florida and the Regional Leadership Survey, a multi-county analysis highlighting the different voter attitudes and trends in the region, provided valuable information to our government, business and civic leaders to make plans for the future and promote cooperation, coordination and collaboration in the region.
The Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce retained Fishkind & Associates, Inc. to quantify the current and future economic contributions, made by the Hispanic community, to the regional economy. The Hispanic population of Central Florida is growing rapidly. Some of the findings revealed:
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As of 2004 the Hispanic population of Central Florida makes up almost 20 percent of the total population.
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The purchasing power of the Hispanic community has reached $6.9 billion.
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Hispanic Owned Businesses comprise 25% of the businesses in the Central Florida Region.
To see the entire study: click here.
Hill Research Consultants & Consensus Communications conducted a Regional Public Opinion survey this February 12-16, 2004. Interviewing 903 registered voters (483 non-Hispanics - 420 Hispanics) they found:
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58% of Hispanics “frequently” listened to radio or TV programming that is in Spanish in the prior week.
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57% of Hispanics voted in 2002, 45% are registered Democrats, 29% Republican & 26% Independent.
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75% of Hispanics get their news from local TV.
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And 91% of Hispanics view Central Florida as a friendly place to live.
For additional results…click here.
And finally, the fascinating Research Paper on Puerto Ricans in Central Florida, conducted by Jorge Duany Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras & Félix V. Matos-Rodríguez Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños Hunter College, City University of New York Their research revealed:
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During the 1990s, Florida displaced New Jersey as the second largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. mainland (after New York).
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Three of the top ten metropolitan areas in the United States with Puerto Rican populations (Orlando, Tampa, and Miami) are in Florida.
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Today, Orlando is the fourth-largest metropolitan area for Puerto Ricans in the United States, after New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. To Learn More…click here.
[PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION]
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