The Impact of Latino Immigrants in
Grand Rapids' Urban Development:
A Social Capital Approach

by
Marcelo Siles
Lindon J. Robison
Israel Cuéllar
Carlos Garcia
Sheila F. LaHousse

Research Report No. 37

January 2006

 

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Abstract

This study evaluates the important role that social capital plays in the Latino immigration process into the Grand Rapids, Mich. metropolitan area. Demographic data published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census shows that the number of Latinos moving to Grand Rapids has increased considerably during the last decade. Latino immigrants tend to cluster in well-defined urban areas where they put pressure on local resources, including housing, education, health and municipal services, and to the job market.

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