University of Notre Dame Institute for Latino Studies

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University of Notre DameInstitute for Latino
Studies
Metropolitan Chicago Initiative
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Metropolitan Chicago Initiative
Improve Local Community
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Metropolitan Chicago Initiative

• RESEARCH
• Berwyn/Cicero Community Needs Assessment
• Immigration Organizations Project
• Political Empowerment
• Census Analysis/Chifacts
• Chicago Area Survey

• EDUCATION
• Improve Cicero Public Schools
• Plaz_at_s Comunitarias
• Early Child Hood Education
• CAPACITY BUILDING
• Interfaith Leadership Project Partnership
• Student Summer Internships
• Cicero Youth Taskforce
• Cicero Education Taskforce

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Highlights of Research Publications

• Bordering the Mainstream A Needs Assessment of
  the Latino Community in Berwyn and Cicero
• Strategies for Success Cicero Education Forum
  Summary
• Cicero Youth Taskforce Action Priorities

• In Search of Economic Parity The Mexican Labor
  Force In Chicago
• Latino population in Illinois and Metropolitan
  Chicago Young and Growing Fast
• School Segregation by Race and Poverty in
  Metropolitan Chicago
• Latino Demographic Growth in Metropolitan Chicago

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Race Hispanic Origin 2000 Latino population
almost equal to African Americans
Illinois(N12,419,293)
Chicago Metro Area(N8,091,720)
Source 2000 Census Summary File 1 (Table
P8) Analysis by University of Notre Dame,
Institute for Latino Studies
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Chicago Metropolitan AreaLatino Subgroups 2000
1.4M Increase in Mexican Population
Analysis by University of Notre Dame, Institute
for Latino Studies
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Population Growth 1990-20006 Counties Illinois
- Latino Growth Significant
Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
counties
Source 2000 Census Analysis by University of
Notre Dame, Institute for Latino Studies
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Latino Population6 County Chicago Metropolitan
area1990 to 2000 - Latino Growth in all Counties
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Map provided by Kiljoong Kim, DePaul University
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Percentage of Metro Chicago Latino Children
Adults Who Are Foreign Born, 2000Most Adults
Foreign Born
Analysis by University of Notre Dame, Institute
for Latino Studies
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Example of Research John KovalImmigrants to
Chicago Metro Area by OccupationManagerial and
Professional SpecialtyMales 1972 to 1998
Source Immigration and Naturalization Service
Property of DePaul University, Department of
Sociology
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Example of Research John KovalImmigrants to
Chicago Metro Area by OccupationOperators,
Fabricators, and LaborersMales 1972 to 1998
Source Immigration and Naturalization Service
Property of DePaul University, Department of
Sociology
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Institute for Latino StudiesWebsites

• www.nd.edu/latino - All ILS units and
  publications
• www.nd.edu/chifacts - Searchable database of
  1990 and 2000 Census data
• www.nd.edu/iuplr - 18 University Latino Research
  Centers

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This presentation was prepared by the
Metropolitan Chicago Initiative Unit of the
Institute for Latino Studies,University of Notre
Dame. Director SYLVIA PUENTE Email
spuente_at_nd.edu Phone [phone] Web
http//www.nd.edu/latino