A Record 24 Million Latinos Are Eligible to Vote, But Turnout Rate Has Lagged...
Trends in Latino Voter Participation A record 23.7 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the 2012 presidential election, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a...
View ArticleLatino Voters Support Obama by 3-1 Ratio, But Are Less Certain than Others...
Latino registered voters prefer President Barack Obama over Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 69% to 21% and express growing satisfaction with the direction of the nation and the state of their...
View ArticleLatinos, Religion and Campaign 2012
Latinos are divided by religion in their preferences in the upcoming presidential election. Three-quarters of Latino Catholics and eight-in-ten religiously unaffiliated Latinos support President Barack...
View ArticleLatino Voters in the 2012 Election
Latinos voted for President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney by 71% to 27%, according to an analysis of exit polls by the Pew Hispanic Center, a Project of the Pew Research Center.1 Obama’s...
View ArticleAn Awakened Giant: The Hispanic Electorate is Likely to Double by 2030
The record number1 of Latinos who cast ballots for president this year are the leading edge of an ascendant ethnic voting bloc that is likely to double in size within a generation, according to a Pew...
View ArticleUnauthorized Immigrants: 11.1 Million in 2011
There were 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in March 2011, unchanged from the previous two years and a continuation of the sharp decline in this population since its peak in...
View ArticleA Nation of Immigrants
Overview The nation’s total immigrant population reached a record 40.4 million in 2011, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center....
View ArticleThe Path Not Taken
Overview Nearly two-thirds of the 5.4 million legal immigrants from Mexico who are eligible to become citizens of the United States have not yet taken that step. Their rate of naturalization—36%—is...
View ArticleClosing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption
Overview Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar—and sometimes higher—rates than do other groups of Americans, according to a new analysis of...
View ArticleA Demographic Portrait of Mexican-Origin Hispanics in the United States
Mexican-Origin Hispanics in the United States A record 33.7 million Hispanics of Mexican origin resided in the United States in 2012, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by Pew Research...
View ArticleHispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment
I. Overview A record seven-in-ten (69%) Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points higher than the rate (67%) among their white...
View ArticleInside the 2012 Latino Electorate
I. Inside the 2012 Latino Electorate A record 11.2 million Latinos voted in the 2012 presidential election, but Latinos’ voter turnout rate continues to lag other groups significantly, according to an...
View ArticleDiverse Origins: The Nation’s 14 Largest Hispanic-Origin Groups
Overview The nation’s Latino population is diverse. Represented among the 51.9 million Latinos in the United States are individuals who trace their heritage to more than 20 Spanish-speaking nations...
View ArticleMapping the Latino Population, By State, County and City
I. Overview The nation’s Hispanic population, while still anchored in its traditional settlement areas, continues to disperse across the U.S., according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census...
View ArticlePopulation Decline of Unauthorized Immigrants Stalls, May Have Reversed
1. Overview The sharp decline in the U.S. population of unauthorized immigrants that accompanied the 2007-2009 recession has bottomed out, and the number may be rising again. As of March 2012, 11.7...
View ArticleLatinos’ Views of Illegal Immigration’s Impact on Their Community Improve
Report Hispanics’ views of the impact of unauthorized immigration on the U.S. Hispanic community have grown more positive since 2010, according to a new nationwide survey of 5,103 Hispanic adults by...
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