%0 Journal Article %T Mexican-Americans: Population Patterns; Educational Attainment %A Yamilette Chacon %J Sociation Today %D 2005 %I North Carolina Sociological Association %X Hispanics are the fastest growing and largest minority group in the United States. Comparing data from 1994 and 2004, it is shown that 59% of the Hispanic population in the United States is of Mexican origin. Educational attainment of Mexican-Americans is rapidly increasing in the second and third generations. %K Mexican-American %K Minority Education %K Migration %U http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v32/chacon.htm