Moderator: Carlos Alcazar, President & CEO, Hispanic Communications Network America's Summit on National Parks, January 25, 2012, Washington, DC

1. America’s National Parks and 21st Century Trends,
Priorities, and Values: Gaining Broad Support
Moderator:
Carlos Alcazar, President & CEO, Hispanic Communications Network
Panelists:
Dan Witters, Principal & Research Director of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index
Erik Huey, Senior Vice President, Entertainment Software Association
Angelou Ezeilo, Executive Director, Greening Youth Foundation

2. Current Population & Projections
• Late 2009: Hispanic population crossed 50MM
• 16.3% of US population
• Outstripped US Census estimates; number of Hispanics counted in the 2010
Census was nearly 1 million more than expected, based on the most recent
Census Bureau population estimates
• Alabama (15.9%), Louisiana (13.2%), Kansas (10.8%) above estimates
Ten Year Growth Rate (2000-2010)
•Hispanic 43%
•AAPI 42.7% (from a smaller base)
•African-American 11%
•White Non-Hispanic: 1.1%
Latinos 56% of overall national growth (national: 27.3MM; Hispanics 15.1 MM)

3. Hispanic Youth Represent Significant Growth
US Student Enrollment (millions)
73 • The median age of the US Hispanic population is
27.6yo; 9 years younger than the US median
• Nearly all the growth in student enrollment will
54 come from the US Hispanic population
• 1 in 4 Youth (under age 18) are Hispanic
• Hispanic children grew by 4.8MM
• Non-Hispanic white children shrank by 4.3MM
• State Growth
18% – Lowest Hispanic 10-year growth rate =
38% New York 19.2%
– Highest Hispanic 10-year growth rate =
18% Nevada 51%
2006 2050
Hispanic Non-Hispanic

4. And there’s more…

5. Our Multicultural Youth
54% Caucasian
23% Hispanic
14% Black 41%
4% Asian
• Ethnic minorities accounted for all growth,
under 18
• Hispanics contributed nearly 74% of all
growth
•10 states, 35 metro areas have majority
minority child populations