Which of the following statements accurately describes the trend in the number of Latino

officeholders in Texas from 1980 through 2010?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the trend in the number of Latino

officeholders in Texas from 1980 through 2010?

a) The number of Latinos in public office has increased slightly since the 1980s.

b) Fewer Latinos are in public office today than in the 1980s.

c) The number of Latinos in public office is about the same as in the 1980s.

d) The number of Latinos in public office has increased dramatically since the 1980s.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Latino migrated to the United States in the search of jobs for themselves. The Latino population grew from 173,000 in 1980 to 340,000 in 2010.

Latinos were the people who were mostly Mexicans. They used to migrate to the United States of America for the search of jobs for themselves. Because of this reason, the trend of migrating to the United States of the Latinos kept on increasing year after year.

In the year 1980, the population of Latinos in the United States was 173,000 and in the year 2010 the population of Latinos had increased a lot and touched 340,000 in the United States.