Demographics of Hispanic and Latino Americans
The demographics of Hispanic and Latino Americans depict a population that is the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, 52 million people or 16.7% of the national population, of them, 47 Million are American citizens.
Diversity in librarianship
According to a chart created by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2003 that compiled information from 2000 of all ethnicities, Hispanics are most underrepresented among librarians. It showed that about 9% of the U.S. population was Hispanic, while only 3% of the population were employed as librarians. The ethnicity with the least amount of librarians in America was American Indian/Alaskan Natives, at 0.5% of the country’s population. ARL’s statistics from 2009 to 2010 show that 14.3% of staff in ARL university libraries are minority groups.