Black and Hispanic Americans See Their Origins as Central to Who They Are, Less So for White Adults
About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
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About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.
The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
More than half of foreign-born Latinos describe themselves using the name of their origin country, versus 39% among U.S.-born adult children of immigrants.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
In a growing number of U.S. counties, a majority of residents are Hispanic or black, reflecting the nation’s changing demographics.
In 18 states and the District of Columbia, Latino children accounted for at least 20% of public school kindergarten students in 2017.
The most common age was 11 for Hispanics, 27 for blacks and 29 for Asians as of last July. Multiracial Americans were by far the youngest racial or ethnic group.
Much of the downturn in the share of immigrant births to Hispanics has been driven by a decline in births among Mexican-origin women.
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