10 LARGEST HISPANIC GROUPS IN US

06/30/2012

Pew Research Center:  "Among the 50.7 million Hispanics in the United States, nearly two-thirds (65%), or 33 million, self-identify as being of Mexican origin.  Puerto Ricans, the nation's second largest Hispanic origin group, make up just 9% of the total Hispanic population in the 50 states and the District of Columbia."  http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/06/27/the-10-largest-hispanic-origin-groups-characteristics-rankings-top-counties/

ON THIS DAY IN US HISTORY

On May 24, 1994, four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison. In November 1997, two more were convicted, including Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind behind the bombings. The terrorists received financing from Khaled Shaikh Mohammed, Yousef's uncle.

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