Report

• Census Bureau Considers Changing Its Race, Hispanic Questions

  Aug 07, 2012 - The Census wants to address the mismatch between Americans' identity and the current categories presented on their questionnaires.

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• The 10 Largest Hispanic Origin Groups: Characteristics, Rankings, Top Counties

  Jun 27, 2012 - A new tabulation of government data by the Pew Hispanic Center provides details on the ten largest groups that make up the 50.7 million Hispanics living in the U.S. The analysis looks at demographic data for each group, including nativity, education levels, English proficiency, citizenship, economics and regional distribution.

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• U.S. Public, Hispanics Differ on Arizona Immigration Law

  Jun 25, 2012 - As the U.S. Supreme Court issues its ruling on Arizona's immigration law, a look at the differing opinions offered by the American public as a whole and Hispanics on the law and how best to deal with illegal immigration.

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• A Conversation About Identity

  May 30, 2012 - The Pew Hispanic Center recently published "When Labels Don't Fit: Hispanics and their Views of Identity." In the days following the release, hundreds of people offered their observations on social media.

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• When Labels Don’t Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity

  Apr 04, 2012 - Federal agencies have been using the terms "Hispanic" or "Latino" since the 1970s to describe Americans whose roots are in Spanish-speaking countries, but Hispanics have not fully embraced these terms. About half say they identify themselves most often by their family’s country or place of origin; just 24% say they prefer a pan-ethnic label.

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• U.S. Hispanics by Country of Origin

  May 26, 2011 - A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center reveals that Hispanics of Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban origin or descent remain the nation's three largest Hispanic country-of-origin groups, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.

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• National Latino Leader? The Job is Open

  Nov 15, 2010 - When asked in an open-ended question on a nationwide survey of Latinos to name the person they consider "the most important Latino leader in the country today," nearly two-thirds (64%) of Hispanics said they did not know.

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• Latinos and the 2010 Census: The Foreign Born Are More Positive

  Apr 01, 2010 - A new Pew Research Center survey of Latinos finds that foreign-born Latinos are more positive and knowledgeable about the 2010 Census than are native-born Latinos. While majorities of both groups say that the census is good for the Hispanic community, the foreign born are significantly more likely to feel this way.

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• Census History: Counting Hispanics

  Mar 03, 2010 - Despite the long history of Hispanic residents in the United States, there was no systematic effort to count this group separately in the Census until the late 20th century. An analysis of changes in Census question wording over recent decades reveals the challenges in trying to count and describe this fast-growing population.

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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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• 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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• Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge

  Aug 13, 2008 - A Pew Hispanic Center/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study finds that more than one-fourth of Hispanic adults in the U.S. lack a usual health care provider, but when asked about why that is so, a plurality (41%) say the principal reason is that they are seldom sick

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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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• Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion

  Apr 26, 2007 - A report on a comprehensive joint survey by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life about Hispanics and Christianity, specifically Catholicism.

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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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• 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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• Shades of Belonging

  Dec 06, 2004 - A report on how Hispanics self-identify when making selections about race.

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