Hispanics and Latinos in Washington, D.C.
More immigrants from Latin American countries have settled in the district, and there has been an increase in births to Latina mothers compared to other racial and ethnic groups.[3] The Hispanic presence in today's Washington DC is recorded at least as early as 1785, when the Spanish merchant Peter Casanave emigrated to Georgetown.[8] Although the district’s Latino population has historically lived in its northwest quadrant (primarily in Wards 1, 2, and 3),[3] changes in the city’s neighbourhoods and housing market have resulted in a demographic shift.According to Fiesta DC president Maria Patricia Corrales, the move was due to the cost of installing barriers which would preserve the building's parking area.DC's largest event to promote higher education for the Hispanic and Latino population, the ALCANZA College Fair, in its 21st year in 2021, is located at George Mason University[25] Several medical centers address the needs of the Spanish-speaking population, including La Clínica del Pueblo and the district's Office of Human Services.The Washington metropolitan area has the largest population of Salvadorans in the world outside San Salvador, and communities from Peru, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, and other Latin American countries also exist.
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