Key facts about U.S. Latinos for National Hispanic Heritage Month
The U.S. population grew by 24.5 million from 2010 to 2022, and Hispanics accounted for 53% of this increase.
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The U.S. population grew by 24.5 million from 2010 to 2022, and Hispanics accounted for 53% of this increase.
Most Asian Americans say violence against them is increasing, and most also worry at least some of the time about being threatened or attacked.
About a quarter of Latino adults say they have personally experienced discrimination or unfair treatment from other Latinos.
In 2022, there were 63.7 million Hispanics living in the United States. The U.S. Hispanic population has diverse origins in Latin America and Spain.
The share of Black and Latino adults who say they feel angry about the state of the country is now sharply lower than in June.
Black voters were more likely to say the 2020 election was administered very well both nationally and locally.
The U.S. Hispanic population reached a record 60.6 million in 2019, up 930,000 over the previous year and up from 50.7 million in 2010.
White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.
Georgia’s changing electoral makeup has been the focus of renewed attention in the 2020 election cycle.
Around half of Hispanics say they or someone in their household has taken a pay cut or lost a job – or both – because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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