Whereas, from September 15, 2020, through October 15, 2020, the United States celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month; Whereas the Bureau of the Census estimates the Hispanic population living in the 50 States at more than 60,000,000 individuals, plus an additional 3,200,000 individuals living in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, making Hispanic Americans 18 percent of the total population of the United States and the largest racial or ethnic minority group in the United States; Whereas, in 2018, there were close to 1,000,000 or more Latino residents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in each of the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington; Whereas, between 2010 and 2019, Latinos grew the population of the United States by approximately 9,829,000 individuals, accounting for more than 1/2 of the total population growth of the United States during that period; Whereas the Latino population in the United States is projected to grow to 107,000,000 individuals by 2065, at which point the Latino population will comprise more than 24 percent of the total population of the United States; Whereas the Latino population in the United States is currently the third largest population of Latinos worldwide, exceeding the size of the population in every Latin American and Caribbean country, except Mexico and Brazil; Whereas, in 2018, there were more than 18,878,000 Latino children less than 18 years of age in the United States, which represents approximately 1/3 of the total Latino population in the United States; Whereas more than 1 in 4 public school students in the United States are Latino, and the share of Latino students is expected to rise to nearly 30 percent by 2027