Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Population Estimates This report uses two different, but similar, estimates of the voting-eligible population (or the electorate) for November 2016. Both define the voting-eligible population as U.S. citizens aged 18 years and older in November 2016. The survey-based estimates are used to describe characteristics of the voting-eligible population (e.g., educational attainment); the demographic estimates are […]
An estimated 5.1 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin resided in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in 2013, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
The U.S. Hispanic population has long been characterized by its immigrant roots. But as immigration from Latin America slows, the immigrant share among each of the nation’s largest Hispanic origin groups is in decline.
Population Estimates and Projections: Definitions, Methods and Data Sources Overall Methodology The national projections presented here use a variant of the basic cohort component model in which the initial population is carried forward into the future by adding new births, subtracting deaths, adding people moving into the country (immigrants), and subtracting people moving out (emigrants). […]
Standard Two-Question Measure The first method used for measuring racial identity was the two-question race and ethnicity format typically used on all Pew Research Center surveys. It is similar to the two-question format presently used in U.S. Census Bureau surveys and by many other government and research organizations.[4. numoffset=”4″ The Census Bureau introduced the option […]
Cohn, D’Vera, Eileen Patten and Mark Hugo Lopez. 2014. “Puerto Rican Population Declines on Island, Grows on U.S. Mainland.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, August. Krogstad, Jens Manuel and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera. 2015. “A majority of English-speaking Hispanics in the U.S. are bilingual.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, March. Krogstad, Jens Manuel, Mark Hugo Lopez and Drew DeSilver. […]
This report examines the Hispanic population of the United States by its 14 largest origin groups. The data for this report are derived from the 2013 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS), which provides detailed geographic, demographic and economic characteristics for each group. Accompanying this report are statistical profiles of the 14 largest Hispanic origin groups—Mexicans, […]
In a trend that is both a consequence of and contributor to its financial woes, the island’s population is declining at a clip not seen in more than 60 years.
Anderson, Monica. 2015. “A Rising Share of the U.S. Black Population Is Foreign Born; 9 Percent Are Immigrants; and While Most Are from the Caribbean, Africans Drive Recent Growth.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, April. Barro, Robert and Jong-Wha Lee. 2013. “A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010.” Journal of Development Economics 104 […]
The analysis in this report is based on a Pew Research Center survey conducted online Feb. 6-April 6, 2015 among a probability based sample of 1,555 multiracial Americans ages 18 and older. The sample of multiracial adults was identified after contacting and collecting basic demographic information from 21,224 adults nationwide. For comparative purposes, an additional […]
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