5 facts about Black Americans and health care
More Black Americans say health outcomes for Black people in the United States have improved over the past 20 years than say outcomes have worsened.
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More Black Americans say health outcomes for Black people in the United States have improved over the past 20 years than say outcomes have worsened.
The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 47.9 million in 2022, up about a third (32%) since 2000.
Seven-in-ten Hispanic Americans say they’ve seen a doctor or other health care provider in the past year, compared with 82% among Americans overall.
Latinos with darker skin color report more discrimination experiences than Latinos with lighter skin color.
The Census Bureau estimates there were roughly 63.7 million Hispanics in the U.S. as of 2022, a new high. They made up 19% of the nation’s population.
Most Asian Americans say violence against them is increasing, and most also worry at least some of the time about being threatened or attacked.
In 2021, nearly 2.5 million Latinos in the United States held advanced degrees such as master’s degrees or doctorates.
The U.S. Hispanic population reached a record 60.6 million in 2019, up 930,000 over the previous year and up from 50.7 million in 2010.
About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
Most U.S. Latinos speak Spanish: 75% say they are able to carry on a conversation in Spanish pretty well or very well. But not all Latinos are Spanish speakers, and about half (54%) of non-Spanish-speaking Latinos have been shamed by other Latinos for not speaking Spanish.
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