The ways Hispanics describe their identity vary across immigrant generations
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.
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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 2019, 40% of Americans identified as a race and ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White. Their combined share is predicted to increase to over 50% by 2044.
Hispanic registered voters in the U.S. express growing confidence in Joe Biden’s ability to handle key issues like the coronavirus outbreak.
More than 11 million Asian Americans will be able to vote this year, making up nearly 5% of the eligible voters in the United States.
The educational attainment of recently arrived Latino immigrants in the U.S. has reached its highest level in at least three decades.
Latinos are expected for the first time to be the nation’s largest racial or ethnicity minority in a U.S. presidential election.
In a growing number of U.S. counties, a majority of residents are Hispanic or black, reflecting the nation’s changing demographics.
Most Latino registered voters (71%) say they want government to be more involved in solving the nation’s problems.
California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.
In 18 states and the District of Columbia, Latino children accounted for at least 20% of public school kindergarten students in 2017.
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