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    V. Arturo Vargas: Labels Aside, Latinos Share Common Values

    Vargas is the executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO). The NALEO Educational Fund is the leading organization that empowers Latinos to participate fully in the American political process, from citizenship to public service.

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    IX. Jody Agius Vallejo: Latino Ethnicity and America’s Future

    <!– Tell Us Your Story Join the conversation about ethnic identity on the Pew Hispanic Center Facebook page. –> The U.S. will soon be a minority-majority country, a demographic change that is fueled by Latino population growth.  What do patterns of Latino ethnic identification foreshadow for a nation that is becoming more ethnically diverse? The […]

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    IV. Alicia Menendez: My Gringa Mother

    <!– Tell Us Your Story Join the conversation about ethnic identity on the Pew Hispanic Center Facebook page. –> It’s easiest to imagine my non-Hispanic white mother’s role in my Latina identity as the “absence of.” If I’d had a Latina mother, the logic goes, I would speak fluent Spanish. I would have a proper […]

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    II. Identity, Pan-Ethnicity and Race

    It has been nearly four decades since the United States government mandated the use by federal agencies of the terms “Hispanic” or “Latino” to categorize Americans who trace their roots to Spanish-speaking countries, but the labels still haven’t been fully embraced by the group to which they have been affixed. Only about one-quarter (24%) of […]

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    Chapter 2: Life in the United States

    Most Asian Americans feel good about their lives in the U.S. They see themselves as having achieved economic prosperity on the strength of hard work, a character trait they say is much more prevalent among Asian Americans than among the rest of the U.S. population. Most say they are better off than their parents were […]

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    Comparing Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and in U.S. States

    There are now more Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin living in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (4.6 million in 2010) than there are living in Puerto Rico (3.7 million), and Census Bureau data show there are notable differences between the two groups, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center.

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    A Demographic Portrait of Puerto Ricans

    The 2010 U.S. Census counted 3.7 million Hispanics living in Puerto Rico. This was down from 3.8 million in 2000. By contrast, in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, the population of Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics increased from 3.4 million in 2000 to 4.6 million in 2010, surpassing Puerto Rico’s Hispanic population.

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