A very large number of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans came into the country in order to get away from poverty and to find a way to make a living. The 20th-century Cuban migration, which started in 1959 when Fidel Castro took over the government of Cuba, was mostly for political motivations (The Story of Hispanics in the Americas, n.d.).
According to data collected by the United States Department of Commerce, Hispanics are a younger, less well off, and less educated group than the rest of the population. Their median age is about 23. Sixty-three percent were under age 30 in 1992, and 40% were 18 or younger. The median family income was $23,400. This was higher than the median for blacks but lower than the rest of the non-Hispanic median of $35,200. Of the three groups, Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans, the Puerto Ricans had the lowest incomes and the Cubans the highest. More than 23.4% lived underneath the poverty level in the early 1990s (The Story of Hispanics in the Americas, n.d.).
All three of these groups have the fact that they are minority groups in common. After that they are separated by many different things. The Native Americans are...
The other groups have their origins in outside countries and have ended up in American in one way or another. There is no doubt though that all of these groups have suffered from much discrimination throughout the years.
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