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Hispanics Online - US

Published by: Mintel International Group Ltd.

Published: Feb. 1, 2009 - 89 Pages


Table of Contents


SCOPE AND THEMES

What you need to know

Definition

Sources

Consumer survey data

Abbreviations and terms

Abbreviations

Terms

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Understanding the consumer

Demographics

Acculturation

Online consumption habits

Online trends and opportunities

Websites for the Hispanic consumer

U.S. HISPANIC POPULATION

U.S. Hispanic population

U.S. population by race/Hispanic origin

Figure 1: Population by race/ Hispanic origin, 1970-2020

Figure 2: Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and Hispanic populations, 1940-2020

Figure 3: Population, by race and Hispanic origin, 2003-13

The Hispanic and non-Hispanic population

By age

Figure 4: Hispanic population, by age, 2003-13

Figure 5: Total U.S. population, by age, 2003-13

Hispanics by generation

Figure 6: Generations, by Hispanic origin, 2008

Hispanic fertility rate

Figure 7: Fertility rate, by race and Hispanic origin of mother, 1996-2006

Country of origin/heritage

Figure 8: Hispanic population, by country of origin/heritage, 2007

Figure 9: Graph: Hispanics, by country of origin/heritage, 2007

Where Hispanics live

Hispanics by geographic concentration

Figure 10: Graph: Hispanic population, by region and by country of origin/heritage, 2007

Figure 11: Hispanic population, by region and by country of origin/heritage, 2007

States with greatest Hispanic population growth

Figure 12: Hispanic population, 2000 and 2006

Key Hispanic metropolitan areas

Figure 13: Metropolitan areas with the largest number of Hispanic residents, by country of origin, 2006

Hispanics’ financial data

Hispanic purchasing power

Figure 14: Purchasing power, by race/Hispanic origin, 2007

Hispanic income levels

Figure 15: Largest Hispanic markets, by Hispanic disposable income, 2005

Hispanics’ economic growth

Hispanics’ category expenditures

Figure 16: expenditures, by Hispanic origin of consumer unit reference person, 2007

The Hispanic household

Figure 17: Average household size, by Hispanic origin/race of householder, 2001 and 2006

Figure 18: Households, by number of persons in the household—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, 2006

Figure 19: Households, by presence of children—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, 2006

ACCULTURATION

What is acculturation?

Levels of acculturation

Unacculturated/Enculturated

Acculturated/Bicultural

Assimilated

Figure 20: Hispanics, by acculturation and assimilation level, 1998-2008

Retro-acculturation?

THE ONLINE HISPANIC CONSUMER

HISPANIC ONLINE USERS

Attitudes towards technology

Figure 21: Attitudes towards technology—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

Online media consumption by race/Hispanic origin

Media consumption by race/Hispanic origin

Figure 22: Attitudes towards the media—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

Websites preferred by Hispanics

Figure 23: Websites regularly visited by Hispanics, November 2008

DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE ONLINE HISPANIC CONSUMER

Online activities by age

Figure 24: Online activities, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Latino young adults

Figure 25: Age and race population comparison, March 2007

Online consumption by household income level

Figure 26: Online consumption, by household income level—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Online consumption by educational attainment

Figure 27: Online media and social networking attitudes of Hispanics, by education level, April 2007-June 2008

Online consumption by language preference

Website language preference

Figure 28: Language preference of Hispanics when visiting websites outside of work, November 2008

Internet usage by level of acculturation

Figure 29: Hispanic attitudes towards the internet, by language choices when reading, April 2007-June 2008

ONLINE ACTIVITIES

Searching for product information

Figure 30: Product searching online behavior—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Online media and social networking

Figure 31: Time spent with online media, games, and social networking sites—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics,

November 2008

Figure 32: Acquisition of new technology initiatives—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

Music and videos

By frequency

Figure 33: Frequency of music and video downloads—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

By age

Figure 34: Online music and video behavior of young adults—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

By household income

Figure 35: Online media behavior, by household income—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Text messaging

Figure 36: Text messaging by young adults, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Online games

Figure 37: Playing games online—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Social networking

Figure 38: Use of social networking sites—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Internet phone

Figure 39: Hispanic ownership of an internet phone, by language choices when reading, April 2007-June 2008

Online bill payment

Figure 40: Online bill payment, by language choices when reading, April 2007-June 2008

ONLINE ADVERTISING

By Hispanic origin

Figure 41: Internet advertising behavior—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

By household income

Figure 42: Internet advertising behavior, by household income—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Advertisement by language preference

Figure 43: Hispanic attitudes towards advertising, by language preference when reading, April 2007-June 2008

ONLINE TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES

CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET

How Hispanics/non-Hispanics connect to the internet

Figure 44: Place of most frequent internet access—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Internet connection by household income level

Figure 45: Place of most frequent internet access, by household income—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics,

November 2008

TYPE OF INTERNET CONNECTION

Internet connection by income of Hispanics/non-Hispanics

Figure 46: Internet access via cell phone or home, by household income—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics,

November 2008

Internet connection by age of Hispanics/non-Hispanics

Figure 47: Internet access via cell phone or home, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Internet access via cell phones

Figure 48: Internet access via cell phone—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Broadband

Broadband connection by Hispanics/non-Hispanics

Figure 49: Internet access via broadband—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Broadband connection by age of Hispanics/non-Hispanics

Figure 50: Internet access via broadband, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

ONLINE ACTIVITIES

Figure 51: Main uses for internet outside work—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Social networking trends

Social networking by Hispanics/non-Hispanics

Figure 52: Social networking—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Social networking by age

Figure 53: Social networking, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Social networking by Hispanics/non-Hispanics by income

Figure 54: Social networking, by household income—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Hispanic social networking site preferences by age

Figure 55: Social networks visited by Hispanics, by age, November 2008

Chatting online

Figure 56: After work online activities outside work—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Online product feedback

Figure 57: Incidence of leaving feedback online, by income level—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics,

November 2008

ENTERTAINMENT ONLINE

Figure 58: Entertainment-related activities on social networking sites, by race/Hispanic origin, October 2008

ONLINE PURCHASES AND PRODUCT SEARCH

PURCHASING AND SEEKING PRODUCT INFORMATION

By Hispanic/non-Hispanic

Figure 59: Purchasing and seeking product information online outside work—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics,

November 2008

By age

Figure 60: Purchasing and seeking product information online outside work, by age—Hispanics vs. non-

Hispanics, November 2008

WHAT ARE CONSUMERS BUYING ONLINE?

By Hispanic/non-Hispanic

Figure 61: Product categories purchased online—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

By age

Figure 62: Product categories purchased online, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

By household income

Figure 63: Product categories purchased online, by household income—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April

2007-June 2008

By language preference

Figure 64: Product categories ordered online by Hispanics, by language used when reading, April 2007-

June 2008

AVERAGE AMOUNT SPENT ONLINE

By Hispanic/non-Hispanic

Figure 65: Amount spent on internet orders—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

By age of Hispanics/non-Hispanics

Figure 66: Amount spent on internet orders, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

Hispanics by age group

Figure 67: Amount Hispanics spent on internet orders, by age, April 2007-June 2008

Hispanics’ expenditure by language preference

Figure 68: Language spoken when reading for Hispanics who placed an order online, April 2007-June 2008

FREQUENCY OF ONLINE PURCHASES

By Hispanic household income

Figure 69: Hispanics’ incidence of placing an order online in past 12 months, by household income, April 2007-

June 2008

By Hispanic language preference

Figure 70: Hispanics’ incidence of placing an order online in past 12 months, by language used when reading,

April 2007-June 2008

PAYMENT FOR ONLINE PURCHASES

By payment type

Figure 71: Payment type usually used for internet orders—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

Hispanic/non-Hispanic by age

Figure 72: Form of payment usually used to pay for internet orders, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April

2007-June 2008

By language preference

Figure 73: Form of payment usually used by Hispanics to pay for internet orders, by language used when

reading, April 2007-June 2008

SOURCE OF OFFERS FROM WHICH MERCHANDISE OR SERVICES WERE ORDERED OVER THE INTERNET

By Hispanic/non-Hispanic

Figure 74: Source of offers from which merchandise or services were ordered over the internet—Hispanics vs.

non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

By age

Figure 75: Source of offers from which merchandise or services was purchased over the internet, by age—

Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

By household income

Figure 76: Source of offers from which merchandise or services was purchased over the internet, by household

income—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

WEBSITES TARGETING HISPANICS

ONLINE SITES

HISPANIC MEDIA WEBSITES

HISPANIC PORTAL/SEARCH ENGINE WEBSITES

SOCIAL NETWORK WEBSITES

HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL NETWORK WEBSITES

HISPANIC MUSIC SOCIAL NETWORK WEBSITES

HISPANIC BLOGS

ONLINE HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

TV ADS FOR WEBSITES

Figure 77: Univision.com and career builder, 2008

Figure 78: Terra.com a place where everything you want is only a click away, 2007

Figure 79: Univision.com ad featuring their automobile search capabilities, 2008

APPENDIX - OTHER USEFUL CONSUMER TABLES ON ATTITUDES TOWARDS OFFLINE AND ONLINE ACTIVITIES

Figure 80: Attitudes towards advertising—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

Figure 81: Attitudes towards lifestyle and the inernet—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, April 2007-June 2008

Figure 82: Hispanic attitudes towards the internet, by country of origin, April 2007-June 2008

APPENDIX - OTHER USEFUL CONSUMER MEDIA CONSUMPTION TABLES

Figure 83: Watch TV, movie, or videos on a PC, by age—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics, November 2008

Figure 84: Watch TV, movie, or videos on a PC, by household income—Hispanics vs. non-Hispanics,

November 2008

APPENDIX - TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Abstract

Bilingual Powerhouse

The internet is becoming a lot smarter and interesting. A smarter web because companies are beginning to understand how internet users consume online media, interact with content, and participate by publishing content that is relevant to different consumer groups. The internet is also much more interesting because we are beginning to see content strategies built around niche communities. Internet radio, web TV, online video and music, and text-based content strategies targeting particular groups within the online population, including different segments of the Hispanic population.

Media giants like univision.com and telemundo.com would benefit from developing new brands of online content strategies targeting a wider range of online Hispanic consumers. Telemundo.com has begun doing this by its recent introduction of “El Crossover,” targeting young bilingual Hispanics. As these types of portals continue to see more fierce competition by bilingual sites, they only stand to gain by offering more bilingual and bicultural content.

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