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    Hispanics of Puerto Rican Origin in the United States, 2011

    An estimated 4.9 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin resided in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in 2011, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. That is a slightly greater number than the population of Puerto Rico itself in 2011, which was 3.7 million. Puerto Ricans in this statistical profile […]

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    IV. Watching, Reading and Listening to the News

    Among all news media, television continues to be the number one news platform for Latinos. According to the Pew Hispanic Center survey, in 2012, 86% of Latino adults say they get their news on a typical weekday from network, cable or local television news, down slightly from 2006 when 92% said they got their news […]

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    References

    Bean, Frank D., R. Corona, R. Tuirán, and K. Woodrow-Lafield. 1998. “The Quantification of Migration Between Mexico and the United States,” pp. 1-90 in Migration Between Mexico and the United States, Binational Study, Vol. 1. Mexico City and Washington, DC: Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. Capps, Ranolph, Leighton Ku, […]

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    Appendix A: Geographic Distribution of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.

    In 2011, 1.4 million, or about 12% of all Mexican immigrants, resided in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles, Calif. An additional half a million (5%) lived in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area, and about 300,000, or 3% of all Mexican immigrants, lived in each of the metropolitan areas of Orange County and San Diego. […]

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    How Mexicans See America

    Mexican approval ratings of the U.S. are at their highest point since 2009. This boost in America’s image comes amidst rising expectations that Washington may soon reform U.S. immigration laws. The question now is whether the two countries can build on the promise fostered by the proposed immigration policy and cement some of the progress that appears to have been made.

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    Appendix B: Methodology

    American Community Survey (ACS): 2011 The American Community Survey (ACS) is a continuously fielded survey that collects detailed information from a sample of the U.S. population on a wide range of social and demographic topics. Each month the ACS samples about 250,000 households. Interviews are conducted by mail and in person; follow-up interviews are conducted […]

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    Brazil’s Changing Religious Landscape

    As young Catholics gather in Brazil, awaiting Pope Francis’ visit in celebration of World Youth Day, an analysis of census data finds that the share of Brazil’s population that identifies as Catholic has been dropping steadily in recent decades. Over the same period, the percentage of Brazilians who belong to Protestant churches has been rising.

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