History

 Metropolitan Chicago ranks third in the nation in the number of Latino residents.  Between 1970 and 2004 the Latino population of metropolitan Chicago increased from slightly less than 325,000 to more than 1.6 million.  For many years the region’s Latinos were primarily concentrated in the city, but since the 1980’s the Latino population has been growing faster in the suburbs than in the city. Latinos now represent approximately 18% of the population of Lake County residents. 

A 2005 study, The State of Latino Chicago, published by the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, indicates that only 26% of all US-born and 9% of foreign-born Latinos (ages 25-34) have completed college.  These levels of educational attainment are far lower than those of either Latino White or Black residents of the area.

The Latino Leadership Project Scholarship Program

Scholarship Program Administrators,

1601 Idlewild Dr,

Round Lake Beach 60073

847-949-2406