Report

• Hispanics, Health Insurance and Health Care Access

  Sep 25, 2009 - According to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center, six-in-ten Hispanic adults in the U.S. who are neither citizens nor legal permanent residents lack health insurance.

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• Recession Slows – but Does Not Reverse – Mexican Immigration

  Jul 22, 2009 - The flow of immigrants from Mexico to the United States has declined sharply since mid-decade, but there is no evidence of an increase during this period in the number of Mexican-born migrants returning home from the U.S., according to a new analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center of government data from both countries.

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• A Profile of Puerto Ricans

  Jul 13, 2009 - The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, has focused attention on the second-largest population of Hispanics living in the United States. The Pew Research Center provides a look at the demographics of this group.

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• Latino Children: A Majority Are U.S.-Born Offspring of Immigrants

  May 28, 2009 - A new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center finds that Hispanics now make up 22% of all children under the age of 18 in the U.S.—up from 9% in 1980—and as their numbers have grown, their demographic profile has changed.

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• Is Sotomayor the Court's First Hispanic?

  May 28, 2009 - Is Judge Sonia Sotomayor the first Hispanic ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, or does that distinction belong to Justice Benjamin Cardozo, who served on the court from 1932-38 and whose family tree apparently had some roots in Portugal? The question of who's Hispanic—and who isn't—turns out to be pretty complicated.

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• A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States

  Apr 14, 2009 - Unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.—now estimated to number 11.9 million—are more geographically dispersed but their recent rapid growth in the labor force has halted. A new demographic analysis of this group by the Pew Hispanic Center includes population and labor force estimates for each state.

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• Hispanics and the Criminal Justice System: Low Confidence, High Exposure

  Apr 07, 2009 - Latinos are interacting more than ever with police, courts and prisons, but their confidence in the system is closer to the low levels expressed by blacks than to the high levels expressed by whites.

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• The Rapid Growth and Changing Complexion of Suburban Public Schools

  Mar 31, 2009 - According to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis, public school enrollment in the suburbs has shot up by 3.4 million in the 15 years, with the primary driver being a near doubling of the Latino share of the student population.

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• A Rising Share: Hispanics and Federal Crime

  Feb 18, 2009 - In 2007, Latinos accounted for 40% of all sentenced federal offenders—more than triple their share of the total U.S. adult population.

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• Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000

  Oct 23, 2008 - A new Pew Hispanic Center report analyzes changes in Latino growth and settlement patterns over the past three decades. The report includes a series of interactive maps and data bases that provide demographic information about the Latino population in each of the nation’s 50 states and 3,141 counties.

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• One-in-Five and Growing Fast: A Profile of Hispanic Public School Students

  Aug 26, 2008 - The Pew Hispanic Center reports that the number of Latino students in public schools nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006, accounting for 60% of the total growth in school enrollments. Projections now show there will be more school-age Hispanic children than school-age non-Hispanic white children by 2050.

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• Latino Labor Report 2008: Construction Reverses Job Growth

  Jun 04, 2008 - The Pew Hispanic Center reports that the latest economic slowdown has had a disproportionate impact on Latino workers. From an historic low in late 2006, the unemployment rate for Latinos rose sharply in 2007 and currently stands well above the rate for non-Latinos. Immigrant Hispanics, especially Mexican and recent arrivals, have been hurt the most by the slump in the construction industry.

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• Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007

  May 08, 2008 - Fact sheet describes the demographic, employment and income characteristics of Hispanic women in the United States. The findings reveal striking differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic women, and native-born and immigrant Hispanic women from different countries of origin.

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• U.S. Population Projections: 2005–2050

  Feb 11, 2008 - If current trends continue, immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their descendants will account for 82% of the population growth in the United States during this period, according to new projections from the Pew Research Center.  The nation’s racial and ethnic mix will change markedly by mid-century, the projections show, and the nation’s elderly population will more than double in size.

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• English Usage Among Hispanics in the United States

  Nov 29, 2007 - This report from the Pew Hispanic Center examines the dramatic increase in English-language ability from one generation of Hispanics to the next.

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• A Changing Racial and Ethnic Mix in U.S. Public Schools

  Aug 30, 2007 - A new analysis of public school enrollment data by the Pew Hispanic Center finds that in the dozen years from 1993–94 to 2005–06, white students became less isolated from minority students while, at the same time, black and Hispanic students became slightly more isolated from white students.

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• The Latino Electorate: An Analysis of the 2006 Election

  Jul 24, 2007 - Did Latinos register and vote at higher rates in the mid-term elections of 2006? This fact sheet is based on data from a supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS) that is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau every November of an election year. It also includes voting and registration data for both whites and blacks.

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• Growing Share of Immigrants Choose Naturalization

  Mar 28, 2007 - Analysis finds the proportion of all legal foreign-born residents who have become naturalized U.S. citizens rose to 52% in 2005, the highest level in a quarter of a century and a 14 percentage point increase since 1990.

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• 32% of Latino Adults Who Speak Only Spanish Go Online

  Mar 14, 2007 - A report issued by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet & American Life Project titled “Latinos Online” which illustrates a gap between Hispanics and non-Hispanics in Internet use.

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• Who Are the Immigrants? A Statistical View of the Foreign-Born Population at Mid-Decade

  Oct 17, 2006 - A detailed look at the United States’ foreign-born population based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey public use microdata file.

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• Its Heart Belongs to Data (Summer 2006 Trust Magazine article)

  Sep 01, 2006 - What’s most in the national interest in the immigration debate? Credible, unbiased information—and that’s the work of the Pew Hispanic Center.

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• Notes from the President: The Public Pulse (Summer 2006 Trust Magazine)

  Aug 31, 2006 - Introduction to the Summer 2006 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.

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• Growth in the Foreign-Born Workforce and Employment of the Native Born

  Aug 10, 2006 - 2006 Pew Hispanic Center analysis of foreign-born and native-born work force.

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• 2006 National Survey of Latinos: The Immigration Debate

  Jul 13, 2006 - National survey of Latinos' attitudes surrounding the policy discussions on immigration in June 2006.

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• Size and Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.

  Mar 07, 2006 - Pew Hispanic Report on unauthorized migrant population, with estimates based on a March 2005 population survey.

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• Rise, Peak and Decline: Trends in U.S. Immigration 1992–2004

  Sep 27, 2005 - Detailed analysis of immigration statistics produced by the Pew Hispanic Center offers insights into the pace and content of migration.

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• The New Latino South: The Context and Consequences of Rapid Population Growth

  Jul 26, 2005 - Pew Hispanic Center report that examines the rapid growth of the Hispanic population in the South.

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• Unauthorized Migrants: Numbers and Characteristics

  Jun 15, 2005 - Most of the unauthorized population in the United States lives in families, a quarter has at least some college education and that illegal workers can be found in many sectors of the U.S. economy, according to this Pew Hispanic Center study.

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• Hispanics and the Social Security Debate

  Apr 01, 2005 - Report on Hispanic populations’ impact on Social Security and opinions about Social Security proposals.

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• Estimates of the Size and Characteristics of the Undocumented Population

  Mar 21, 2005 - Reports details estimates for size and characteristics of population of foreign-born persons living in the United States without documentation.

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• Changing Channels and Crisscrossing Cultures: A Survey of Latinos on the News Media

  Apr 19, 2004 - A report from the Pew Hispanic Center finds that many more Latinos get at least some of their news in both English and Spanish.

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