Race and Ethnicity Archives

reportJun 27, 2012

Hispanics of Puerto Rican Origin in the United States, 2010

An estimated 4.7 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin resided in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in 2010.
reportJun 27, 2012

Hispanics of Salvadoran Origin in the United States, 2010

An estimated 1.8 million Hispanics of Salvadoran origin resided in the United States in 2010.
reportJun 25, 2012

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

The American public has repeatedly expressed support for Arizona’s immigration law, much of which was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
reportJun 15, 2012

Up to 1.4 Million Unauthorized Immigrants Could Benefit from New Deportation Policy

Up to 1.4 million children and young adults who are in the United States illegally could potentially benefit from today’s announcement by the Obama Administration about changes in deportation policies.
reportMay 30, 2012

Hispanics and Their Views of Identity

A majority of Hispanics say they most often identify themselves by their family’s country of origin; just 24% say they prefer a pan-ethnic label.
reportMay 30, 2012

A Conversation About Identity

We invited journalists, scholars and civic leaders to share their views.
reportMay 17, 2012

Explaining Why Minority Births Now Outnumber White Births

The nation’s racial and ethnic minority groups—especially Hispanics—are growing more rapidly than the non-Hispanic white population, fueled by both immigration and births. This trend has been taking place for decades, and one result is the Census Bureau’s announcement today that non-Hispanic whites now account for a minority of births in the U.S. for the first time.
reportApr 23, 2012

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less

The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill.
reportApr 4, 2012

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

A majority of Hispanics say they most often identify themselves by their family’s country of origin; just 24% say they prefer a pan-ethnic label.
reportMar 21, 2012

The Demographics of the Jobs Recovery

Hispanics and Asians are gaining jobs at a faster rate in the economic recovery than are blacks and whites, immigrants are outpacing the native born, and men are faring better than women.

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Hispanics of Puerto Rican Origin in the United States, 2010

Hispanics of Salvadoran Origin in the United States, 2010

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

Up to 1.4 Million Unauthorized Immigrants Could Benefit from New Deportation Policy

Hispanics and Their Views of Identity

A Conversation About Identity

Explaining Why Minority Births Now Outnumber White Births

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less

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

The Demographics of the Jobs Recovery