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Maine Travel Destinations

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Latinos have had some success starting new businesses in southern Maine. The 1997 U.S. Census Bureau’s Economic Census reported that Maine had 545 Latino-owned businesses, which employed 677 workers. Most of these businesses are in the service industry, and two of the more prominent types of businesses are beauty salons and house-cleaning services.7 La Bodega Latina is one of the largest and most visible Latino businesses in the state. It was started by a Dominican migrant in Portland in 1997. The market specializes in Latino products from different Latin American countries. With its success, the owner started a restaurant with

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Travel to Maine

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Notable latinos Yepes, Carlos (1952-). Carlos Yepes, the Peter M. Small associate professor of Romance languages at Bowdoin College, is the author of Oficios del goce: Poesia y debate cultural en Hispanoamerica (1960-2000). Faveron-Patriau, Gustavo (1967-). Gustavo Faveron-Patriau is the author of Rebeldes: Sublevaciones Indigenas en Hispanoamerica en el Siglo XVIII. He serves as an assistant professor of Romance languages at Bowdoin College. CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS Latinos in Maine have been increasingly making cultural contributions to the state. With a larger Latino population in the southern part of the state, Latino community leaders have focused on creating an internal organizational structure

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Maine Guide for Tourist

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Socioeconomic Characteristics and Educational Attainment The socioeconomic portrait of Latinos in Maine supports the emergence of a Latino middle class. The Latino median household income in 1999 was $36,244. This group’s household income was similar to that of Asians ($37,873) and nonLatino whites ($37,408), and it was well ahead of non-Latino blacks ($30,758). Latinos in Maine have high levels of education: Latinos 25 years of age and older have a high school or college degree (79.2 percent) at rates similar to those of non-Latino whites (85.5 percent). Another factor influencing successful employment outcomes is language proficiency. The majority of Maine

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