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In 2004 58.5% of the people of Hispanic origin in the Wayne County-Macomb County-Oakland County tri-county area were Mexicans.[1]
The Hispanic population is 8% of Detroit proper, mainly Mexican and then Puerto Rican.
^"Latino Children and Families in the Tri-County Area Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine." (Archive) From a Child's Perspective: Detroit Metropolitan Census 2000 Fact Sheets Series. Wayne State University. Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2004. p. 2/44. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.
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