Report

• Latinos Have Growing Confidence in Personal Finances, Nation's Direction

  Nov 02, 2012 - Compared with 2011, more Latinos express satisfaction with the direction of the country, report that their finances are in "excellent" or "good" shape and expect their family's finances to improve in the next 12 months, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.

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• The Demographics of the Jobs Recovery

  Mar 21, 2012 - Hispanics and Asians are gaining jobs at a faster rate in the economic recovery than are blacks and whites, immigrants are outpacing the native born, and men are faring better than women. For the most part, the disparate trends reflect the rapidly changing demographics of the U.S. workforce. Groups whose populations are growing faster have seen bigger employment gains. For all groups, the share of the working-age population with jobs is still as low as it was at the end of the recession.

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• Hispanics Say They Have the Worst of a Bad Economy

  Jan 26, 2012 - A majority of Latinos (54%) believe that the economic downturn that began in 2007 has been harder on them than on other groups in America.

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• Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation

  Sep 28, 2011 - The economic downturn that began in 2007 hit one fast-growing demographic group especially hard: Latino children. More Latino children are living in poverty -- 6.1 million in 2010 -- than children of any other racial or ethnic group. This marks the first time in U.S. history that the single largest group of poor children is not white.

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• Statistical Portraits of the Hispanic and Foreign-Born Populations in the U.S.

  Feb 17, 2011 - Updated data on Hispanic and foreign-born populations in the U.S. including race, nativity, location, citizenship, marital status, language proficiency,fertility, schooling, health coverage, poverty and income.

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• After the Great Recession: Foreign Born Gain Jobs; Native Born Lose Jobs

  Oct 29, 2010 - In the year following the official end of the Great Recession in June 2009, foreign-born workers gained 656,000 jobs while native-born workers lost 1.2 million, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Labor data by the Pew Hispanic Center. 

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• Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America

  Dec 11, 2009 - Never before in this country's history has a minority ethnic group made up so large a share of the youngest Americans. The first in a series of reports on Millennials focuses on this group which will help shape 21st-century America.

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• 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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• Through Boom and Bust: Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership

  May 12, 2009 - The ups and downs in the U.S. housing market over the past decade and a half have generated both greater gains and larger losses for minority groups than for whites, according to an analysis of housing, economic and demographic data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.

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• Unemployment Rises Sharply Among Latino Immigrants in 2008

  Feb 12, 2009 - The current recession is having an especially severe impact on employment prospects for immigrant Hispanics. The unemployment rate for foreign-born Latinos increased 2.9 percentage points from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with an economy-wide increase of 2.0 percentage points. Trends in other key indicators also reveal a more severe impact on immigrant Latinos.

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• Hispanics and the New Administration: Immigration Slips as a Top Priority

  Jan 15, 2009 - Latinos, who heavily supported Obama in the November election, rate such issues as the economy, health care and education as the more important issues facing the country. Hispanics were more likely to be first-time voters than were others in the general public.

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• Hispanics and the Economic Downturn: Housing Woes and Remittance Cuts

  Jan 08, 2009 - Like the U.S. population as a whole, Latinos are feeling the sting of the economic downturn. Almost one in ten (9%) Latino homeowners say they missed a mortgage payment or were unable to make a full payment, and 36% say they are worried that their own home may go into foreclosure. The Pew Hispanic Center survey also finds that the economic downturn has had an impact on the amount of money that Latinos sent to relatives or others in their country of origin in the past year.

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• Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007

  Oct 02, 2008 - This report outlines recent trends in the incomes of non-citizen immigrant households in the United States and identifies who among them experienced the largest losses from 2006 to 2007. Of a total 116.8 million households in the United States, 15.7 million are headed by immigrants.

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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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• 1995-2005: Foreign-Born Latinos Make Progress on Wages

  Aug 23, 2007 - Foreign-born Latino workers made notable progress between 1995 and 2005 when ranked by hourly wage.

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• Construction Jobs Expand for Latinos Despite Slump in Housing Market, Foreign-Born Fill Vast Majority of New Jobs

  Mar 07, 2007 - Hispanic workers landed two out of every three new construction jobs in 2006, benefiting from strong employment growth in the industry even as the housing market endured a year-long slump.

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• Latino Labor Report 2006: Strong Gains in Employment

  Sep 27, 2006 - Annual labor report finds the Hispanic unemployment rate reached a historic low in the second quarter of 2006.

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• The Occupational Status And Mobility Of Hispanics

  Dec 16, 2005 - Study finds even as unemployment was on the decline for all racial and ethnic groups, structural shifts in employment across industries contributed to a greater division in the occupational status of Hispanics and whites.

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• Survey of Mexican Migrants: The Economic Transition to America

  Dec 05, 2005 - Report is the third in a series on the findings from a survey of Mexican migrants.

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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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• Latino Labor Report, First Quarter 2004: Wage Growth Lags Gains in Employment

  Jun 17, 2004 - While an increase in Latino employment is driving the revitalization of the U.S. labor market, the hiring surge has not translated into higher wages.

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• Latino Labor Report, 2003: Strong but Uneven Gains in Employment

  Feb 23, 2004 - The Pew Hispanic Center's annual labor report finds substantial gains in the U.S. labor market in 2003.

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• Latino Attitudes on the War in Iraq, the Economy and the 2004 Election

  Jan 08, 2004 - This 2004 Pew Hispanic Center report studies Latino support for the war in Iraq and for President George W. Bush.

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