Demographics of Hispanic and Latino Americans

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Proportion of Americans who are Hispanic or Latino in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census Hispanic and Latino Americans by state.svg
Proportion of Americans who are Hispanic or Latino in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census
Proportion of Hispanic and Latino Americans in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census Hispanic and Latino Americans by county.png

The demographics of Hispanic and Latino Americans depict a population that is the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, 62 million people or 18.7% of the national population. [1]

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The Latino population is much younger than the rest of the country, of no less than two dozen national origins and of every race, with a longer life expectancy than their fellow Americans, and geographically concentrated in the southwestern United States. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

History

Hispanic and Latino Americans (along with Asian Americans, most notably) have contributed to an important demographic change in the United States since the 1960s whereby minority groups now compose one-third of the population. Nearly one in six Americans was Hispanic or Latino as of 2009, a total of 48.4 million out of the estimated 307 million Americans. High rates of immigration and fertility have shaped the growth of the Hispanic and Latino population.

Population

CensusViewer US 2010 Census Latino Population as a heatmap by census tract CensusViewer US 2010 Census Latino Population as Heatmap by Census Tract.jpg
CensusViewer US 2010 Census Latino Population as a heatmap by census tract

Hispanic and Latino Population by state or territory (2000–2010)

In 2011, Hispanics accounted for 16.7% of the national population, or around 52 million people. [7] [8] [9] The Hispanic growth rate over the April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 period was 28.7%—about four times the rate of the nation's total population (at 7.2%). [10] The growth rate from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 alone was 3.4% [11] —about three and a half times the rate of the nation's total population (at 1.0%). [10] Based on the 2010 census, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in 191 out of 366 metropolitan areas in the US. [12] The projected Hispanic population of the United States for July 1, 2050 is 132.8 million people, or 30.2% of the nation's total projected population on that date. [13]

Geographic distribution

As of 2000, the ten most populous places with Hispanic majorities were

The Hispanic population of Los Angeles County, California, numbering 4.7 million, is the largest of all counties in the nation, [15] comprising 47 percent of the county's ten million residents. [16]

Hispanic and Latino Population by state or territory (2000–2010)

State/TerritoryPop 2000% pop 2000Pop 2010% pop 2010% growth
2000-2010
%pop 2012
Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama 75,8301.7%185,6023.9%+144.8%4.1%
Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska 25,8524.1%39,2505.5%+51.8%6.1%
Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona 1,295,61725.3%1,895,14929.6%+46.3%30.2%
Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas 86,8663.2%186,0506.4%+114.2%6.8%
Flag of California.svg California 10,966,55632.4%14,013,71937.6%+27.8%38.2%
Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado 735,80117.1%1,038,68720.7%+41.2%21.0%
Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut 320,3239.4%479,08713.4%+49.6%14.2%
Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware 37,2774.8%73,2218.2%+96.4%8.6%
Flag of Washington, D.C.svg District of Columbia 44,9537.9%54,7499.1%+21.8%9.9%
Flag of Florida.svg Florida 2,682,71516.8%4,223,80622.5%+57.4%23.2%
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia 435,2275.3%853,6898.8%+96.1%9.2%
Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii 87,6997.2%120,8428.9%+37.8%9.5%
Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho 101,6907.9%175,90111.2%+73.0%11.6%
Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois 1,530,26212.3%2,027,57815.8%+32.5%16.3%
Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana 214,5363.5%389,7076.0%+81.7%6.3%
Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa 82,4732.8%151,5445.0%+83.7%5.3%
Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas 188,2527.0%300,04210.5%+59.4%11.0%
Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky 59,9391.5%132,8363.1%+121.6%3.2%
Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana 107,7382.4%192,5604.2%+78.7%4.5%
Flag of Maine.svg Maine 9,3600.7%16,9351.3%+80.9%1.4%
Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland 227,9164.3%470,6328.2%+106.5%8.7%
Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts 428,7296.8%627,6549.6%+46.4%10.1%
Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan 323,8773.3%436,3584.4%+34.7%4.6%
Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota 143,3822.9%250,2584.7%+74.5%4.9%
Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi 39,5691.4%81,4812.7%+105.9%2.9%
Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri 118,5922.1%212,4703.5%+79.2%3.7%
Flag of Montana.svg Montana 18,0812.0%28,5652.9%+58.0%3.1%
Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska 94,4255.5%167,4059.2%+77.3%9.7%
Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada 393,97019.7%716,50126.5%+81.9%27.3%
Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire 20,4891.7%36,7042.8%+79.1%3.0%
Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey 1,117,19113.3%1,555,14417.7%+39.2%18.5%
Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico 765,38642.1%953,40346.3%+24.6%47.0%
Flag of New York.svg New York 2,867,58315.1%3,416,92217.6%+19.2%18.2%
Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina 378,9634.7%800,1208.4%+111.1%8.7%
Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota 7,7861.2%13,4672.0%+73.0%2.5%
Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio 217,1231.9%354,6743.1%+63.4%3.3%
Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma 179,3045.2%332,0078.9%+85.2%9.3%
Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon 275,3148.0%450,06211.7%+63.5%12.2%
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania 394,0883.2%719,6605.7%+82.6%6.1%
Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island 90,8208.7%130,65512.4%+43.9%13.2%
Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina 95,0762.4%235,6825.1%+147.9%5.3%
Flag of South Dakota.svg South Dakota 10,9031.4%22,1192.7%+102.9%3.1%
Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee 123,8382.2%290,0594.6%+134.2%4.8%
Flag of Texas.svg Texas 6,669,66632.0%9,460,92137.6%+41.8%38.2%
Flag of Utah.svg Utah 201,5599.0%358,34013.0%+77.8%13.3%
Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont 5,5040.9%9,2081.5%+67.3%1.6%
Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia 329,5404.7%631,8257.9%+91.7%8.4%
Flag of Washington.svg Washington 441,5097.5%755,79011.2%+71.2%11.7%
Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia 12,2790.7%22,2681.2%+81.4%1.3%
Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin 192,9213.6%336,0565.9%+74.2%6.2%
Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming 31,6696.4%50,2318.9%+58.6%9.5%
Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa 109 [17] 0.2%
Flag of Guam.svg Guam 2,124 [18] 1.4%
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands 117 [19] 0.2%
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 3,762,74698.8%3,688,45599.0%0.2%99.5%
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands 15,19614.0%18,51417.4% [20]
Flag of the United States.svg United States of America35,305,81812.5%50,497,10816.3%+43.0%16.9%

Hispanic and Latino populations of each state by region of origin

The population change of Hispanic or Latino residents by county (2010 Census data) 2010 US Census Percent Change in Hispanic Population by County.svg
The population change of Hispanic or Latino residents by county (2010 Census data)

Over 60% of the Hispanic and Latino population in the United States is of Mexican ancestry. The influence of Mexican and Mexican-American culture is felt throughout the country, with the epicenter of this influence located in the southwestern United States, including Texas, Nevada, Arizona and Southern California.

The remaining 40% of Latinos in the United States hail from the Caribbean, Central America and South America. Caribbean Latinos are those with ancestry originating in the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. Puerto Ricans are the second-largest Hispanic group in the U.S. after those of Mexican descent. There are large Puerto Rican and Dominican populations in the Northeastern states, including the urban centers of New York, New Jersey and Boston as well as large Cuban and Puerto Rican populations in Florida, including the influential Cuban-American enclave in Miami and a Puerto Rican community in Orlando that is the third largest in the world.

Central American Latinos come from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Belize and Costa Rica. The largest numbers of Hispanics with Central American origins can be found in California, Texas, and the DC Metropolitan area. Due to its large agricultural industry, Florida has been a frequent destination for Guatemalan and Honduran migrant workers who often live and work alongside the state's large population of Mexicans.

Latinos from South America come from Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay. Significant numbers of Colombians and people of Colombian ancestry live in Miami and throughout Florida, as do Peruvians, who also have enclaves in New Jersey and the DC Metropolitical Area. Other Hispanic and Latino groups come from Spain, and the descendants of the colonial Spanish in Florida, Louisiana, and the US southwest. [21]

Hispanic and Latino populations of each state by region of origin (2010 Census) [7] [8]
State/Territory Mexican % Mexican Caribbean % Caribbean Central American % Central American South American % South Americanother Hispanic% other
Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama 122,9112.6%17,1410.4%22,8000.5%5,9380.1%16,8120.4%
Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska 21,6423.0%7,3381.0%2,5090.4%2,3450.3%5,4150.8%
Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona 1,657,66825.9%48,5820.8%36,6420.6%21,8950.3%130,3622.0%
Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas 138,1944.7%6,6660.3%23,2160.8%3,0280.1%14,9460.5%
Flag of California.svg California 11,423,14630.7%290,0070.8%1,132,5203.0%293,8800.8%874,1662.3%
Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado 757,18115.1%30,9920.6%29,3860.6%19,1170.4%202,0114.0%
Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut 50,6581.4%288,5558.2%35,0231.0%71,3552.0%33,4960.9%
Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware 30,2833.4%26,0113.0%8,1120.9%3,8490.4%4,9660.6%
Flag of Washington, D.C.svg District of Columbia 8,5071.4%7,4261.3%23,3543.9%7,6391.3%7,8231.3%
Flag of Florida.svg Florida 629,7183.3%2,233,43912.0%432,6652.3%674,5423.6%253,4421.3%
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia 519,5025.4%111,9761.3%106,9871.1%57,7070.6%57,5170.6%
Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii 35,4152.6%46,2603.4%2,9620.2%3,5490.3%32,6562.4%
Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho 148,9239.5%3,9200.3%3,4940.2%3,7070.2%15,8571.0%
Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois 1,602,40312.5%211,2211.7%70,0000.5%67,8620.5%76,0920.6%
Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana 295,3734.6%36,6860.7%22,0930.3%10,0320.2%25,5230.4%
Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa 117,0903.8%6,5400.3%13,2890.4%3,7540.1%10,8710.4%
Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas 247,2978.7%12,7340.5%15,2930.5%5,8450.2%18,8730.7%
Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky 82,1101.9%21,8420.6%11,4790.3%5,4050.1%12,0000.3%
Flag of Louisiana.svg Louisiana 78,6431.7%25,1710.6%51,7221.1%8,8710.2%28,1530.6%
Flag of Maine.svg Maine 5,1340.4%5,7700.5%1,7080.1%1,5150.1%2,8080.2%
Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland 88,0041.5%67,8111.2%195,6923.4%61,4001.1%57,7251.0%
Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts 38,3790.6%380,7236.0%96,9581.5%54,3980.8%57,1960.9%
Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan 317,9033.2%52,2010.6%17,7850.2%13,2430.1%35,2260.4%
Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota 176,0073.3%15,7620.3%19,9080.4%18,0750.3%20,5060.4%
Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi 52,4591.8%8,6840.3%8,3430.3%2,8330.1%9,1620.3%
Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri 147,2542.5%18,7180.3%17,7630.3%8,7310.1%20,0040.3%
Flag of Montana.svg Montana 20,0482.0%2,0070.2%7350.1%9970.1%4,7780.5%
Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska 128,0607.0%5,7520.3%17,2420.9%2,8240.2%13,5270.7%
Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada 540,97820.0%44,5691.7%55,9372.1%19,0560.7%55,9612.1%
Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire 7,8220.6%17,5381.4%2,7310.2%4,2660.3%4,3470.3%
Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey 217,7152.5%715,3768.1%176,6112.0%325,1793.7%120,2631.4%
Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico 590,89028.7%12,7540.6%6,6210.3%4,8410.2%338,29716.4%
Flag of New York.svg New York 457,2882.4%1,816,1489.5%353,5891.8%513,4172.6%276,4801.4%
Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina 486,9605.1%105,1041.2%105,0661.1%46,3070.5%56,6830.6%
Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota 9,2231.4%1,3370.3%4520.1%5390.1%1,9160.3%
Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio 172,0291.5%108,9411.0%22,7560.2%17,5710.2%33,3770.3%
Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma 267,0167.1%15,7050.4%15,6410.4%7,1340.2%26,5110.7%
Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon 369,8179.7%14,3420.4%18,1900.5%9,6480.3%38,0651.0%
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania 129,5681.0%466,3603.6%35,4530.3%48,1260.6%60,1530.5%
Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island 9,0900.9%71,6276.8%23,8172.3%14,0131.3%12,1081.2%
Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina 138,3583.0%35,4660.8%26,2900.6%17,8560.4%17,7120.4%
Flag of South Dakota.svg South Dakota 13,8391.7%1,8270.2%2,8910.4%6170.1%2,9450.4%
Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee 186,6152.9%30,9460.5%36,8560.6%11,0390.2%24,6030.4%
Flag of Texas.svg Texas 7,951,19331.6%190,4700.8%420,6831.7%133,8080.5%764,7673.0%
Flag of Utah.svg Utah 258,9059.4%10,3970.4%20,4420.7%26,0280.9%42,5681.5%
Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont 2,5340.4%3,0530.5%6710.1%1,2040.2%1,7460.3%
Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia 155,0671.9%99,6911.3%206,5682.6%101,4801.3%69,0190.9%
Flag of Washington.svg Washington 601,7688.9%34,4010.5%33,6610.5%20,7420.3%65,2181.0%
Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia 9,7040.5%4,8280.3%2,0810.1%1,7000.1%3,9550.2%
Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin 244,2484.3%51,8050.9%10,6160.2%9,6750.2%19,7120.3%
Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming 37,7196.7%1,3460.3%9770.2%8520.2%9,3371.7%
Flag of the United States.svg United States of America31,798,25810.3%7,823,9662.6%3,998,2801.3%2,769,4340.9%4,087,6561.3%

Race

The majority of Hispanic Americans identify as "some other race" at over 42%. Of all Americans who checked the box "Some Other Race" in the 2020 Census, 94% percent were Hispanic. The number of Hispanic Americans who identify as "Some Other Race" increased 41.7% from 2010 to 2020. [22] [23] [24] The 2030 census will include new options for identifying race and ethnicity, including a "Hispanic or Latino" box to reduce the number of people who choose the “some other race” category. [25] The next largest racial identification among Hispanic Americans is “two or more races” at 32%. Over half of the “two or more races” respondents in the 2020 census were Hispanics. [26] The largest number of White Hispanics come from within the Mexican community, the highest percentage of White Hispanics among major Hispanic groups comes from the Cuban American community, also high percentages of White Hispanics from Hispanic groups come from within the Colombian and also Spanish communities. The largest number of Black Hispanics come from within the Puerto Rican community, while the highest percentage of Black Hispanics among major Hispanic groups come from the Dominican community. Significant numbers of Black Hispanics can also be found among the Central American communities. [27]

The largest number of Asian Hispanics come from within the Mexican community, while the highest percentage of Asian Hispanics come from the Peruvian community. The largest population of Native American Hispanic come from within the Mexican community and the highest percentage of Native American Hispanics among major Hispanic groups come from within the Guatemalan community.

Though comprising very small percentages of the Hispanic and Latino American population, and even smaller percentages of the total U.S. population, some of the preceding racial subgroups make up large minorities among the respective racial groups, overall. For instance, Hispanics and Latinos who are American Indian or Alaska Native compose 15% of all American Indians and Alaska Natives (per the ACS estimates). Meanwhile, the 120,000 Hispanics and Latinos who are of Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander race compose 22% of this entire race nationally (per the Population Estimates). Again, nearly a third of the overall 'Two or more race' population is Hispanic or Latino (ACS).

Racial Demographics of Hispanic Americans Between 1970 and 2020 [28] [29] [9] [30] [31]
Race/Ethnic Group197019801990200020102020
Total Population9,072,60214,608,67322,354,05935,305,81850,477,59462,080,044
White alone8,466,126 (93.3%)8,115,256 (55.6%)11,557,774 (51.7%)16,907,852 (47.9%)26,735,713 (53.0%)12,579,626 (20.3%)
Black alone454,934 (5.0%)390,852 (2.7%)769,767 (3.4%)710,353 (2.0%)1,243,471 (2.5%)1,163,862 (1.9%)
Native American or Alaska Native alone26,859 (0.3%)94,745 (0.6%)165,461 (0.7%)407,073 (1.2%)685,150 (1.4%)1,475,436 (2.4%)
Asian or Pacific Islander alone-166,010 (1.1%)305,303 (1.4%)165,155 (0.5%)267,565 (0.5%)335,278 (0.5%)
Some other race alone124,683 (1.4%) [lower-alpha 1] 5,841,810 (40.0%)9,555,754 (42.7%)14,891,303 (42.2%)18,503,103 (36.7%)26,225,882 (42.2%)
Two or more races [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4] 2,224,082 (6.3%)3,042,592 (6.0%)20,299,960 (32.7%)
Race of Major Hispanic ancestries (2010 US Census)(self-identified race) "Race of Major Hispanic Groups: 2010" (PDF). Pew Hispanic Center.
Hispanic ancestryTotalWhiteBlackAmerican Indian
and Alaska Native
AsianOther
(Some Other Race
or Two or More Races
or Native Hawaiian
or Other Pacific Islander)
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexican 31,798,258
100%
16,794,111
52.8%
296,778
0.9%
460,098
1.4%
101,654
0.3%
14,145,617
44.6%
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rican 4,623,716
100%
2,455,534
53.1%
403,372
8.7%
42,504
0.9%
24,312
0.5%
1,697,994
36.7%
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuban 1,785,547
100%
1,525,521
85.4%
82,398
4.6%
3,002
0.2%
4,391
0.2%
170,235
9.6%
Flag of El Salvador.svg Salvadoran 1,648,968
100%
663,224
40.2%
16,150
1.0%
17,682
1.1%
4,737
0.3%
947,175
57.4%
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican 1,414,703
100%
419,016
29.6%
182,005
12.9%
19,183
1.4%
4,056
0.3%
790,443
55.8%
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemalan 1,044,209
100%
401,763
38.5%
11,471
1.1%
31,197
3.0%
2,386
0.2%
597,392
57.2%
All other4,087,656
100%
2,018,397
49.4%
112,521
2.8%
75,976
1.9%
50,299
1.2%
1,830,463
44.9%
Total50,477,594
100%
26,735,713
53.0%
1,243,471
2.5%
685,150
1.4%
209,128
0.4%
21,604,132
42.8%

Sexuality

According to a Gallup survey conducted from June to September 2012, it found that 4 percent of Hispanic and Latino Americans self identify as LGBT; this is greater than the estimated 3.4 percent of American adults that self identify as LGBT in the total population, [32] but the difference is well within the margin of error for the number of LGBT Latinos in the 121 000 sample population of the survey.

Socioeconomic status

Education

According to the U.S Census Bureau, Hispanics are among the least educated ethnic group. In 2000, about 530,000 Hispanics and Latinos 16–19 years of age were high school dropouts, yielding a dropout rate of 21.1 percent for all Hispanics and Latinos. [33]

11 percent of Hispanics/Latinos have earned a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 17 percent of non-Hispanic blacks, 30 percent of non-Hispanic whites, and 49 percent of Asian Americans. [34] Often, Hispanic and Latino youth begin schooling without the necessary economic and social resources that other children have. One frequent cause is their being the children of immigrant parents with low socioeconomic status and language barriers that result in a lack of knowledge about the U.S. education system. These unfavorable conditions frequently spawn others, such as weak parent-teacher relationships.

The overall average years of schooling for Hispanics and Latinos (10.5) does not include high school graduation (12 years). There is a notable education gap between foreign-born Hispanics, who have more difficulties with language barriers, and U.S.-born Hispanics. The latter only lag non-Hispanic Whites by 1.3 years of schooling, and nearly tie African Americans, as seen in the table below.

Hispanics can also attend Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), which are colleges or universities in the United States that attempt to assist first generation, majority low income Hispanic students. There are over 250 schools that have been designated as an HSI.[ citation needed ]

Table 1 [35]

Average Years of Schooling, by Gender, Ethnicity, and Nativity Men, by Nativity Women, by Nativity

Ethnicity All Foreign-Born US Born All Foreign-Born US Born Whites 13.6 13.6 Black 12.4 12.8 All Hispanics 10.5 9.5 12.2 10.8 9.8 12.4 Mexicans 9.8 8.5 12.1 10.1 8.6 12.2 Puerto Ricans 11.7 11.2 12.4 12.0 11.4 12.7 Cubans 12.7 12.4 13.6 12.9 12.5 14.2

(NOTE: The samples include individuals ages 25 to 59.)

Employment

Employment and earnings are a measure of labor market success, and depend on educational attainment. Given the lower level of education of the Hispanic or Latino population and the growing need for a college degree for entry-level jobs, Hispanics and Latinos are behind when entering into the labor force. The annual employment rate is defined as the percentage of individuals who worked any period of time during the calendar year. [36] Although Hispanics do not lag behind non-Hispanic blacks when it comes to employment rates, they do lag non-Hispanic whites. There is a major gap between male and female rates in Hispanics due to high fertility rates and female absence from the labor force to give birth. Furthermore, nativity plays a major role in employment rates because U.S. born Hispanics are more accustomed to the U.S. labor market.

Table2 [37]

Annual Employment Rates (Percentages), by Gender, Ethnicity and Nativity

Men, by Nativity Women, by Nativity

Ethnicity All Foreign-Born US Born All Foreign-Born US Born Whites 91.8 80.2 Blacks 77.4 77.7 Hispanics 86.8 87.5 85.6 67.0 61.2 76.3 Mexicans 87.8 88.5 86.5 64.7 56.1 76.4 Puerto Ricans 80.0 76.6 83.8 67.7 60.8 75.5 Cubans 87.3 86.8 89.1 74.7 72.5 82.5 |} (NOTE: The samples include individuals ages 25 to 59.)

Earnings

In 2006, adults 18 and older with a master's, professional, or doctoral degree earned an average of $79,946, while those with less than a high school diploma earned about $19,915. [38]

Hispanic and Latino median earnings are significantly lower than the median earnings of the total U.S. population, a result of the lower education levels of the former group. Yet, there are other causes of the earnings gap besides education. A report released by the Census Bureau in 2003 estimated that the average lifetime earnings of Hispanics with an advanced degree are $500,000 less than those of non-Hispanic whites with an equivalent education.

Homeownership

The US homeownership rate according to race US Homeownership by Race 2009.png
The US homeownership rate according to race

Hispanic homeownership in 2016 was 45.6%. Around half of Hispanic-Americans live in their own house. [40]

Poverty

Estimates show that about 22 percent of the Hispanic and Latino population is below the poverty level, with the rate being higher for children, while 8.3 percent of non-Hispanic whites and about 25 percent of African American remain under the poverty level as well. [41]

See also

Notes

  1. Includes Asian Americans.
  2. The 1970 US census did not allow for the selection of multiple races.
  3. The 1980 US census did not allow for the selection of multiple races.
  4. The 1990 US census did not allow for the selection of multiple races.
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