Black Americans say coronavirus has hit hard financially, but impact varies by education level, age
Nearly half of Black adults say the economic impact of the pandemic will make achieving their financial goals harder in the long term.
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Nearly half of Black adults say the economic impact of the pandemic will make achieving their financial goals harder in the long term.
The educational attainment of recently arrived Latino immigrants in the U.S. has reached its highest level in at least three decades.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
In 2016, a third of unauthorized immigrant adults were proficient in English – up from a quarter in 2007.
Here’s a brief overview of four paths that many highly educated immigrants take to study and work in the U.S.: the H-1B visa program, the F-1 visa program, the Optional Practical Training program and green cards.
Around a quarter of college faculty in the U.S. were nonwhite in fall 2017, compared with 45% of students.
In 2016, 17.2% of U.S. immigrants ages 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree and another 12.8% had attained a postgraduate degree. Both shares are up since 1980.
Lower fertility rates and aging populations have become worldwide concerns, but the G7 nations have stood out for their lower birth rates and graying populations.
In 18 states and the District of Columbia, Latino children accounted for at least 20% of public school kindergarten students in 2017.
Veterans of prime working age generally fare at least as well as non-veterans in the U.S. job market, though there are differences in the work they do.
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