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    II. Introduction

    Homeownership in the United States expanded at an historic pace from 1994 to 2004. In that span, the homeownership rate in the U.S. increased from 64.0% to 69.0%, or by 5 percentage points.[10. numoffset=”10″ The source for these estimates is the U.S. Census Bureau. (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/annual08/ann08t14.xls)] A rise of this magnitude in the course of a […]

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    In the Blogosphere, the Walkman and the Pitchman Supplant Michael Jackson

    In a week that exposed dramatically different news agendas between social and mainstream media, online commentators shifted away from the King of Pop to focus on a 30-year-old technological breakthrough and the death of an offbeat TV celebrity. The most viewed YouTube video captured an impromptu cell phone snafu.

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    IV. Contact with the Criminal Justice System

    Individuals can interact with the criminal justice system in many ways, and that interaction affects not only them personally but their families as well.[4. numoffset=”4″ The shares of non-citizen Hispanics who interact with the criminal justice system are likely to be low because non-citizen Hispanics who are in the United States without documentation may have […]

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    V. Foreclosures in the U.S. in 2008

    A foreclosed home is a visible symbol of today’s housing crisis. The number of homes in the United States with at least one foreclosure filing increased from 717,522 in 2006 (0.6% of all housing units) to 2,330,483 in 2008 (1.8% of all housing units). Latest reports from RealtyTrac® show that the number of properties entering […]

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    II. Confidence in the Criminal Justice System

    Six-in-10 (61%) Hispanics report a great deal or a fair amount of confidence that police officers in their community will do a good job of enforcing the law, and 57% are confident that police will do a good job of dealing with gangs. However, this still leaves a notable minority who hold a negative opinion […]

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    Alaska, the Least ‘Sticky’ State

    Just 28% of adults born in Alaska still live there, placing it last among the 50 states on this measure of population “stickiness.”

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    Appendix A: Survey Methodology

    Results for this study are based on telephone interviews conducted by ICR/International Communications Research, an independent research company, among a nationally representative sample of 2,015 Latino respondents ages 18 and older, from June 9 through July 13, 2008. Of those respondents, 711 were native born (including Puerto Rico) and 1,302 were foreign born; 892 were […]

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    A Bare Majority of Protestants

    The number of Americans who report that they are members of Protestant denominations now stands at 51%.

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    IV. Social and Economic Characteristics

    Elementary and Secondary Education (K-12) Children of unauthorized immigrants are 6.8% of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. That share has grown from 5.4% in 2003. Students with U.S.-born parents account for 78% of school-age children; those with legal immigrant parents account for the remaining 15%. Enrollment levels of children of unauthorized immigrants vary […]