Chapter 14: The Southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development

The Southwest Border area is home to the larges population of Latinos and Native Americans in the United States. Although both populations are scattered across the whole of the country, this has become the largest area of settlement due to the proximity of both large Native American reservations and the U.S. border with Mexico.

Museum of the American Indian
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Washington D.C. contrasts with the Southwest Border Region in this area. According to the United States 2011 Census, only .3% of the population of D.C. are Native Americans. In addition, only 9.1% of the the population are Latino or Hispanic. The largest population of the area being African Americans at 50.7%, followed by Whites at 38.5%. The distance from reservations and the Mexican border are great contributors to these numbers.

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