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Hispanics Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment

Pew Research Center — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:15:23 +0000

A record seven-in-ten Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points higher than the rate among white high school grads.

The State of Race in America

Pew Research Center — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:56:50 +0000

Pew Research Center Executive Vice President Paul Taylor presented on the state of race in America at the Aspen Institute.

Download the PowerPoint presentation: State of Race April 2013

Demographic Portrait of U.S. Mexican-Origin Hispanics

Pew Research Center — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:45:22 +0000

A record 33.7 million Hispanics of Mexican origin resided in the United States in 2012, including 11.4 million immigrants born in Mexico and 22.3 million born in the U.S.

Slideshow: U.S. Hispanic Population Trends

Pew Research Center — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:09:45 +0000

Key findings from the Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2011.

A Portrait of Second Generation Americans

Pew Research Center — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:02:51 +0000

A new analysis of the 20 million adult U.S- born children of immigrants finds they are substantially better off than immigrants themselves on key measures of socioeconomic attainment.

Map: Hispanic Population in Select U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Pew Research Center — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:02:11 +0000

Characteristics of the 60 metropolitan areas with the largest Hispanic populations.

Data: Hispanic Demographic Profiles by State and County

Pew Research Center — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:35:07 +0000

Browse and download data on the Hispanic population by state and county.

Almost Half of U.S. Hispanic Population Lives in 10 Metropolitan Areas

Pew Research Center — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Nearly half (45%) of the nation’s Hispanic population lives in just 10 metropolitan areas, according to tabulations of the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., metropolitan area has the nation’s largest Hispanic population-5.7 million-and alone accounts for more than one-in-ten (11%) Hispanics nationally. All population estimates presented in this report are for Hispanics living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The New York-Northeastern New Jersey metropolitan area is the second largest by Hispanic population (4.2 million) and is home to 8% of Hispanics nationwide.

Six of the 10 largest Hispanic metropolitan populations are in just two states. California has three-Los Angeles (#1), Riverside-San Bernardino (#4) and San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo (#10). Texas is also home to three of the 10 largest Hispanic metropolitan areas-Houston-Brazoria (#3), Dallas-Fort Worth (#6) and San Antonio (#9). The other four largest Hispanic metropolitan populations are New York (#2); Chicago, Ill. (#5); Miami-Hialeah, Fla. (#7); and Phoenix, Ariz. (#8). Overall, each of the 10 largest Hispanic metropolitan areas has a Hispanic population of more than 1 million and Hispanics are the largest minority or ethnic group in each.

Map: Population Distribution of Hispanic Origin Groups, by County

Pew Research Center — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:04:09 +0000

A map showing the distribution of all Hispanics and the six largest Hispanic origin groups in the U.S., by county.

Hispanic Student Enrollments Reach New Highs in 2011

Pew Research Center — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

The nation’s Hispanic student population reached a number of milestones in 2011, according to an analysis of newly available U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.

For the first time, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in college exceeded 2 million and reached a record 16.5% share of all college enrollments. 2 Hispanics are the largest minority group on the nation’s college campuses, a milestone first achieved last year (Fry, 2011). But as their growth among all college-age students continues to outpace other groups, Hispanics are now, for the first time, the largest minority group among the nation’s four-year college and university students. And for the first time, Hispanics made up one-quarter (25.2%) of 18- to 24-year-old students enrolled in two-year colleges.

In the nation’s public schools, Hispanics also reached new milestones. For the first time, one-in-four (24.7%) public elementary school students were Hispanic, following similar milestones reached recently by Hispanics among public kindergarten students (in 2007) and public nursery school students (in 2006). Among all pre-K through 12th grade public school students, a record 23.9% were Hispanic in 2011.

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