Join us for our next HABLA Plática:The State of Latino Austin, on Thursday, August 27, 2020, LIVE at 1p.m. on HABLA’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HABLAAUSTIN/
Hispanics have played a significant role in driving U.S. population growth over the past decade, though the group is not growing as quickly as it once did. From 2010 to 2019, the U.S. population increased by 18.9 million, and Hispanics accounted for more than half (52%) of this growth, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, the last before 2020 census figures are released.
As of July 1, 2020 the City of Austin’s population was 1,003,615 – making it the 11th American city to hit the one million milestone.
The rate of Austin’s growth has been well documented and this is supported by data provided by the City, which shows that more than 200,000 people have moved to Austin in the last decade.
The city’s Latino population share in 1990 was under 23%, the Census 2000 figure was almost 31%, and this share of total is probably over 35% today.
Importantly, the city’s stream of incoming Hispanic households is socio-economically diverse. Middle-class Hispanic households have migrated to Austin from other parts of the state and the country for high-tech and trade sector jobs while international immigrant Hispanic and Latino households have come here for construction and service sector jobs.
Among other effects on the total population, the huge influx of Hispanic families into Austin, with higher-than-average household sizes and more children per household, has acted to dampen the increase in the city’s median age, keeping Austin one of the youngest cities in the country.
The last 20 years however in Latino East Austin have been very difficult to say the least. Property values and taxes have skyrocketed, many Latino families and businesses have been permanently displaced and victimized by gentrification. And native Latino East Austinites and businesses have become endangered species.
These days we see too many photographic eulogies of businesses and community spaces that once served and or were occupied by our Mexican American communities. All part of the deliberate consequences of the various “master plans” enacted by the City.
So what is the State of Latino Austin?
We will discuss a full range of topics including but not limited to: - COVID-19 & Health Inequities - Economics and Latino Businesses - Gentrification and Displacement - Latino and Austin Police Relations - Philanthropy - Cultural Arts & Historic Preservation - Public Education - Transportation - Latino Representation and Politics
Our panelists will include a diverse panel of Latino Leaders: - Susana Almanza, Director of PODER - Isabel Lopez Aguilar, Program Coordinator, Latino HealthCare Forum - Ana Cortez, Manor ISD Board of Trustee - Diana Maldonado, President & CEO of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - Estevan Delgado, Program Manager, Hispanic Impact Fund - Luz Lopez Guerrero, Physician Business Manager, WelMed Medical Management - Bino Cadenas, Senior Police Officer, Austin Police Department - Bertha Delgado, Executive Director, Arte Texas - Shavone Otero, Community Coordinator, Community Powered Workshop
Our HABLA Plática will be moderated by PaulSaldaña, Co-Founder of HABLA
