Exploring the Latino Metropolis: A Brief Urban Cultural History of US Latinos Main MenuProject OverviewLatinos in Los AngelesThe experience, history, and culture of Latinos in LA.The New York Latino MetropolisAn in-depth look at the Latino experience in the greater New York City areaLatinos in ChicagoLatinos in Miami/South FloridaStudents of SPN 265 at Baldwin Wallace University748488f59c909decd561741202e4263bd2231f52Baldwin Wallace University
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1media/IMG_44852.jpg2016-02-10T11:57:20-08:00Latinos in Chicago26google_maps2016-02-22T00:48:25-08:0041.8500300, -87.6500500Chicago. Located in the Midwest and ranked as the third largest city in the United States of America, it is a huge, sprawling metropolis known for it's blues, jazz and theatre scene as well as it's vibrant food culture and art. The city was the land of the Potawatomi Tribe and mostly marsh alongside Lake Michigan. In 1803, European settles established Fort Dearborn. Since then, Chicago has been called different things: The Windy City, The White City, Hog Butcher for the World, City of the Big Shoulders, The City that Works, etc (1). But most importantly, it has always been a city of immigrants. By 1870, about 48% of the city's population was made up of immigrants. It wouldn't be until the immigration reforms of 1965 that the first Latino immigrants would be finding their way to The Windy City (2).
Today Chicago boosts the 5th largest Latino population in the US (3). Today, the Latino population in Chicago is mostly made up of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.
