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Mexicans by the numbers

** There are more than 250,000 Mexicans in the city, according to 2005 statistics from the city Department of City Planning. (But estimates exceed 400,000.)

** More than 150,000 are foreign-born.

** More than 30 percent entered U.S. after 2000.

** More than 65 percent speak a language other than English at home and are not English proficient.

** More than 35 percent live below the poverty line.

(Source: City Department of Planning)

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