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THURSDAY, SEP 16, 2010
On Sept. 16, 1810, Mexican insurgents began the fight for independence from Spanish loyalists, and 11 years later, they won it. Today marks the 200th anniversary of Mexican Independence Day.
With Social Explorer, you can examine where Mexicans are now. Maps offer portraits of where the US's 20,640,711 Mexicans live.
Census 2000: Number of Mexicans (each dot represents 10 people)
And, Social Explorer can illustrate what percentage of the population is Mexican.
With some areas of the country nearly as Mexican as Mexico.
Census 2000: Percentage Mexicans in the Southwest
Click on any of the maps to explore more, or click here to create your own.
Viva Mexico! Viva data!