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The rapid growth of Chicago’s Mexican population has been a remarkable bright spot in this city for the past 50 years, at first as a counterpoint to its post-industrial decline and population loss, then as an unheralded force of low-wage workers and business owners who quietly buttressed the city’s economic revival in the 21st century.
This report begins to fill in some of the blanks in that untold story. Policy makers, scholars and members of the public will find many surprising revelations, especially when it comes to little-examined distinctions between Mexicans and other Latinos or Hispanics.
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Chicagoans Identify as Mexican
25%
of City Residents under age 40
86%
of Mexican Children Attend Chicago Public Schools
53%
of Construction Laborers