The Census Bureau released annual estimates of state and county populations by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin for 2000 to 2005.
The estimates for each race and Hispanic group are cross-tabulated by single year of age and selected age groups for each state and by five-year age groups for counties. In addition to the estimates for states and counties, this release contains population estimates by age and sex for Puerto Rico and its municipios.
McDonald’s is the number one fast food brand among people with kids in their household, according to consumer research firm Scarborough Research. Almost one-third (31 percent) of U.S. adults with children ate at a McDonald’s during the past week.
After taking a two-month sabbatical, the former Executive Creative Director of winglatino/Grey, Roberto Alcázar, returns to the arena with EO Agency, a new company focused on Branded Content.
The New Generation Latino Consortium, a non-profit group of professionals dedicated to educating and informing the business and entertainment worlds about the importance of the New Generation Latino (NGL) audience, recently launched a groundbreaking quantitative study with the support of MTV-Tr3s, LATV, AIM-TV, MiGente.com, Batanga.com, Tu Ciudad Magazine, LatCom Communications, NocheLatina.com, Cookman International, GlobalHue, The Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA) and New American Dimensions research group.
Texas’ Hispanic residents will soon have the opportunity to learn about the “3 Al Día” (3-A-Day) of Dairy campaign, a healthy-eating initiative from Dairy MAX and Dairy Management Inc. A new ad campaign about “3 Al Día,” created by Siboney/USA and targeting the Hispanic audience.
The increasing availability of HD Digital Radio throughout the United States has directly resulted in an explosion of new Hispanic-oriented channels. Many stations whose primary format is in English have now launched HD2 multicast channels that broadcast virtually exclusively in Spanish.
Summer is supposed to be a season of vacations, relaxation, and fun. For the agency world, summer Fridays mark the passing of each week, with clients often out of the office for their own vacations; sometimes you could even catch a weekday matinee. Is it just me, however–or does it seem like every summer just gets busier and busier?
Miller Brewing Company announced that Miller marketer and 15-year beer industry veteran Dave Dixon has been promoted to senior director of Hispanic marketing.
According to their folks, kids may have a pretty rough time of it in the future.
HALF of all new HIV infections occur in YOUTH. For this reason, Who’s Positive announces OPERATION GET TESTED: Infected, Affected. Real Stories, Real People, a nationwide campaign to humanize HIV; prevent and reduce infection rates among youth; and empower, encourage, and provide an opportunity for youth to be tested for HIV.
The general population is far more likely to agree to participate in a research study using a cell phone than a pager-like device. That’s the finding of a telephone survey commissioned by The Media Audit/Ipsos via a national study of 1,000 randomly selected adults conducted last week (July 11 to 17) as part of The Media Audit/Ipsos’s bid for the US radio ratings contract.
Firefighters, doctors, and nurses are seen as prestigious occupations by U.S. adults, while business executives, stockbrokers and real estate agents are seen at the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to having prestigious occupations.
