Detroit has had a significant Latino and Mexican American population since the 1920s when merchants and restaurants started showing up in the Irish enclave of Corktown. Today a Mexican-Irish festival has been held for a number of years showing the blend of cultures in Detroit’s oldest neighborhood.

Regionally, the migration of the Hispanic/Latino population can be seen as higher overall percentages are seen in Downriver communities. I learned of this shift when making the taco map of Detroit and it shows in the Census data.