Statistics, Data, and Presentations on the Charlottesville Area Latino Population
Historically, census data on poor and immigrant communities (especially undocumented ones) has been unreliable. To supplement it, CJ collects local research, enrollment statistics, survey results, cultural sensitivity presentations, and other sources to help develop the best possible understanding of our Latino neighbors. Such information can be found below. Another reference is Media Reports, an archive of articles and news coverage relating to Charlottesville’s Latino community.
Cultural Diversity Training: Albemarle’s Latino Residents (September 2011)
Power point presentation by Linda Hemby, Sociologist, used in a cultural sensitivity training, provided by Albemarle County to both government employees and the community service providers. Click here to view the presentation.
Albemarle County Public School Enrollment Statistics (September 2011)
This chart of enrollment statistics organized by school and for school years 2005-6 to 2011-12, shows how the Latino population is continuining to grow in our county. For more information contact Gloria Rockhold at grockhold@k12albemarle.org.
Charlottesville Census (July 2011)
UVa Weldon Cooper Center report including data on Hispanics residing in the city:
http://www.coopercenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/StatChat_Charlottesville2010_07.21.2011.pdf
Charlottesville Quick Facts (June 2011)
A chart of demographic statistics released in 2011 based upon 2010 Census figures:
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51/51540.html
Albemarle Quick Facts (June 2011)
A chart of demographic statistics released in 2011 based upon 2010 Census figures:
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51/51003.html
Albemarle County Census 2010 Race Data (May 2011)
A simple chart indicating the racial composition of the County based on Census 2010 data
Virginia 2010 Census Population by Race (February 2011)
A Census table indicating the racial compositions and Hispanic/Latino populations by county or city.
Albemarle County Public School Enrollment Statistics (December 2010)
This chart of enrollment statistics organized by school and for school years 2005-6 to 2010-11, reveals that the Latino population has continued to grow in our county. For more information contact Gloria Rockhold at grockhold@k12albemarle.org
Charlottesville LEP Statistics (September 2010)
For the 2010-11 school year, city schools are serving LEP students from 53 languages, the major ones being, from most to least populous: Spanish (179), Arabic (31), MaiMai (30), Nepali (27), Burmese (23) and Swahili (21). Spanish language LEP enrollment has risen from 89 in 2005 to 179 in 2010. Click here for an overview of the city’s ESL services. For more information contact Beverly Catlin at beverly.catlin@ccs.k12.va.us
Latino Health Disparities: An Overview (September 2010)
Power point presentation used by Linda Hemby, sociologist, during the UVA Health Disparities conference, also featuring Dr. Marcus Martin, Professor, Interim Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity, who provided an overview of health disparities and addressed those faced by local Afro-Americans.
Cultural Diversity Training: Albemarle’s Latino Residents (February 2010)
Power point presentation by Linda Hemby, Sociologist and Executive Committee Member of Creciendo Juntos (CJ), used in a cultural sensitivity training, provided by Albemarle County to both government employees and the community, on February 17, 2010. Click here to view the presentation. Click here for the related handout.
Latino Health Disparities: An Overview (January 2010)
Power point presentation used by Linda Hemby, sociologist and a founder of the CJ Health Promoter Work Group, during the UVA Health Disparities conference, also featuring UVA Family Medicine’s Dr. Wendi el-Amin, who provided an overview of health disparities and addressed those faced by local Afro-Americans.
Southwood Trailer Park
The 100-acre Southwood Mobile Home Park is located off of 5th Street Extended, about a mile from the 120 Exit of Interstate 64. It was opened in the mid 1970s and contains some 360 trailers. The actual number of residents is unknown; many estimate 1,500. All of its residents are low income; over half are Spanish speaking Mexicans, Salvadorans and Hondurans. Creciendo Juntos (CJ) maintains a webpage about Southwood.
Cultural Sensitivity Training: Albemarle’s Latino Residents (October 2009)
Linda Hemby, Sociologist and Executive Committee Member of Creciendo Juntos (CJ), facilitated this training, sponsored by Albemarle County on October 20, 2009. Click here to view her power point presentation. Click here to access the handout she distributed.
Albemarle County Public School Enrollment Statistics (October 2009)
This chart of enrollment statistics for Latino students from school years 1999-2000 to 2009-2010, demonstrates an ever increasing Latino population. For more information contact Gloria Rockhold at grockhold@k12albemarle.org
Charlottesville LEP Statistics (October 2009)
For the 2009-10 school year, city schools are serving LEP students from 49 languages, the top ones being, from most to least populous: Spanish (153), MaiMai (27), Arabic (25), Karen (23), Burmese (21) and Swahili (20). Click here for an overview of the city’s ESL services. For more information contact Beverly Catlin at beverly.catlin@ccs.k12.va.us
Albemarle County LEP Statistics – Where in the World Are We? 2008-2009 Report
Some 53 languages are spoken in county schools. The most popular are: Spanish, Mandarin/Chinese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Burmese, and German. Click here to view an overview of the county’s LEP situation. For more information contact Courtney Stewart at cstewart@k12albemarle.org
Demographic Profile of Hispanics (March 2009)
This profile contains demographic and economic facts about the Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations in the state and counties of Virginia. All analyses are from Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the 1% Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) sample of the 2007 American Community Survey. View Albemarle, Charlottesville, and the state profiles at: http://pewhispanic.org/states/?stateid=VA
Charlottesville LEP Statistics (March 2009)
For the 2008-2009 school year, the top non-English languages in the city schools are, from most to least populous: Spanish, MaiMai, Turkish, Burmese, Karen, Swahili, Arabic, Krahn, Farsi and Mandarin. Click here to view an overview of the city’s LEP situation. For more information contact Beverly Catlin at beverly.catlin@ccs.k12.va.us
Churches with Spanish Language Services.
For a directory of local churches with Spanish language services visit http://cj-network.org/cj/local-resources/latinos-in-our-area/other-sources/
Red Cross Latino Survey (Fall 2008)
This power point presentation overviews a Red Cross survey in Charlottesville, coordinated by a UVA Spanish Department professor. Latinos were asked about emergency preparedness, perceptions of their experiences, whether they plan to return to their home country, and if they are achieving their goals in the U.S. Student volunteers handed out information on local services, LEP rights to an interpreter, and fire and disaster preparedness. For more information, contact Peter VonDerLippe at VonDerLippeP@usa.redcross.org or Amy Yoder at amf5t@virginia.edu
Charlottesville LEP Statistics (March 2008)
For the 2007-2008 school year, the top non-English languages in the city schools were, from most to least populous: Spanish, MaiMai, Turkish, Burmese, Farsi, Swahili, Krahn, Arabic, Karen and Russian. Click here to view an overview of the city’s LEP situation. For more information contact Beverly Catlin at beverly.catlin@ccs.k12.va.us
Albemarle County LEP Statistics – Where in the World Are We? 2007-2008 Report
Some 68 languages are spoken in county schools. The most popular are: Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Malayalam, French, Hindu, Vietnamese. Click here to view an overview of the county’s LEP situation. For more information contact Courtney Stewart at cstewart@k12albemarle.org
The Right To An Interpreter (January 2008)
In January 2007 and 2008, students from Tricia Regan’s UVA Spanish class contacted 28 area agencies by telephone – and in Spanish – to ascertain what language barriers Spanish speakers encounter when making first contact or doing follow up. A 2007 Spanish language article about the results is located here. A power point presentation used by students at a 2008 CJ plenary is here.
Latino Health Survey
Between October 2007 and February 2008, a qualitative assessment was conducted through both semi-structured door-to-door interviews with eighty Southwood Latino residents and four focus groups with twenty-five Latinos recruited at the Bubbles Laundromat on Carlton Road. Additionally, six service providers, five Latinas and one Spaniard married to a Mexican, were also surveyed. The survey aimed to learn what the local Latino community considers as its most important health problems to assist the CJ Health Promoter Working Group design appropriate interventions to respond to them. View the report of findings, published on March 1, 2008.
LEP Figures for Charlottesville and Albemarle County
This document containing LEP statistics was shared with the School Board in December 2006. On January 3, 2007, Beverly Catlin, Coordinator of Instruction, Charlottesville City Schools noted, “as of November 2006 [the City has] … 339 LEP students (with 48% being refugees and 60% at level 1 and 2 of English language proficiency); 7.6 FTE teachers (full time equivalent). We have 9 schools in the division with our ESL numbers ranging from 4 LEP students at one elementary school to 47 at another and 84 at the high school. … We do not break [statistics] down by the Latino population because that is not a significant subgroup for us at this time. Our LEP students with greatest need are our refugees who make up 48% of our ESL population.” For more information, contact Beverly Catlin at: beverly.catlin@ccs.k12.va.us In response to information shared by Catlin, Courtney Stewart, International & ESOL Program Coordinator for the County, compared and contrasted some of the County’s statistics. The County’s enrollment information includes the Latino population. Data for the 2006-2007 school year is located here. Click here for Stewart’s comments.
Albemarle County Public School Enrollment Statistics
This Excel document provides enrollment statistics for Latino students during the school years 1999-2000, 2005-2006, and 2006-2007. Source: Gloria Maria Rockhold, Latino Career and Community Relations Coordinator, Office of Community Engagement (434) 296-5803; September 2006. Click here to view the document. In January 2008, Dennis Nissley, Albemarle Public Schools, advised Linda Hemby (Executive Committee, CJ) that among the county’s total 2007-2008 enrollment of 12,714, 670 are Latino.
Albemarle County in the American Community Survey
This document has selected statistics from the 2006 annual report that uses 2005 data and a link to the entire document. Click here to view the document issued by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Hispanic Population Growth in Albemarle County
A power point presentation by Peter Loach of Creciendo Juntos to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. (September 6, 2006). Click here to open.
The Promised Land? The Lives and Voices of Hispanic Immigrants in the New South
Source: Patricia L. Goerman, UVA Alumni, is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the United States Census Bureau. This 160 page book was published by Routledge and available at the UVA Library. March 2006
Description: “Within the United States immigrants of different national origins have historically been clustered in very specific cities and states. In recent years, Latino immigrants have been fanning out to new regions of the country such as the Southeast and the Midwest. There has been little academic study that focuses on the voices and experiences of these new immigrants themselves. Through analysis of in-depth interviews with 73 Hispanic immigrants in Central Virginia, this book offers a rare in-depth look at the views and circumstances of immigrants in a new receiving area. It provides an examination of the new migration trend including an analysis of immigrants’ living and working conditions, their family life, and their plans for the future. From the perspective of low-income Latino immigrants, Central Virginia appears to be something of a ‘Promised Land,’ particularly in comparison with many traditional Hispanic immigrant receiving areas in the U.S. However, despite the positive aspects of living in Virginia, Latino immigrants, particularly those who are undocumented, remain in an extremely vulnerable position with respect to the larger communities in which they reside. I argue that important policy changes are needed to benefit and protect both the new arrivals and their wider communities.”
See Table of Contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005032923.html
Creciendo Juntos – Growing Together
A power point presentation offering statistical data about the local and Virginia Latino population and information about the Creciendo Juntos – Growing Together network. February 2006
Chicharrones and Pork Rinds: Native Southerners and Hispanic Newcomers
in the Not So New South
Source: This UVA senior thesis by Kassia Omohundro was based largely on her research in Central Virginia. April 2005.
Research Brief: Limited English Proficient Children and Their Families: Human Service Needs, Challenges and Resources.
Source: Charlottesville/Albemarle Commission on Children and Families. March 2005
Location: http://www.ccfinfo.org/PDFs/rb_feb_05_lep.pdf
From New Roots to My People: An Understanding of the New Latino Migration to Virginia and North Carolina Through the Lens of University Student Activism
Source: Kassia Omohundro, University of Virginia. May 2004
Location: http://student.virginia.edu/madisonhouse/students/programs/migrantaid/pdf/newroots.pdf
Summary of Statistics on the Local Hispanic Population (2004)
Source: From the Albemarle County Strategic Plan 2003-05
Statistics cited include: The largest percentage of growth is in the Hispanic population (Between 1990 and 2000, the Hispanic population grew from 867 persons to 2,061 – a 138% rate increase. (Source: U. S. Census of Population, 2000 Table P8). There has been an increase in residents who speak a language other than English in the home from 3.8% in 1980 to 8.6% in 2000. (Source: U. S. Census of Population). Population growth in Albemarle County due to migration has been greater than the increase due to natural population increase (In 2001, 67% increase due to migration and 33% increase due to natural increase). (Source: Virginia Department of Health) Seven percent of the County’s population is living in poverty. Hispanic persons had the highest percentage of persons living in poverty. (Source: U. S. Census of Population, 2000). Though they make up only 4% of all students in Albemarle County (a total of 459 in 2002-2003), Hispanic students are the fastest growing sub population in the County schools. (Source: Virginia Department of Education).
Location: http://albemarle.org/upload/images/Forms_Center/Departments/Board_of_Supervisors/Forms/Agenda/2004Files/20040407/Strategicplanningattach.htm