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    II. Reapportionment Gains and Hispanic Population Growth

    Based on results of the 2010 Census, eight states—Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington—will gain congressional seats and Electoral College votes. Texas will gain four, Florida two, and all others one. Ten states will lose seats—Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. New York and […]

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    Appendix B: Methodology

    Unauthorized Immigrants—Overview The data presented in this report on unauthorized and legal immigrants were developed with essentially the same methods used for previous reports (Passel and Cohn 2010, 2009, 2008). The state-level estimates for 2010 and 2007 are based on a variant of previous methods (e.g., Passel and Cohn 2010, Pew Hispanic Center 2006). The […]

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    Social Media Ponder the Patriot Act

    In social media, YouTube viewers remained fixated on the dramatic events that deposed the 30-year leader of Egypt. But on both blogs and Twitter, the attention turned elsewhere—to a domestic issue that many saw as a civil liberties litmus test.

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    Latinos and Digital Technology, 2010

    Latinos are less likely than whites to access the internet, have a home broadband connection or own a cell phone, according to survey findings from the Pew Hispanic Center.

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    How accurate are online polls in 2010?

    Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

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    Data and Methodology

    Data This report is based on the data from three telephone surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. The first data set comes from telephone interviews conducted between December 28, 2009 and January 19, 2010, among a sample of 2,259 adults, 18 and older.  For results based on the total sample, […]

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    Evaluating How Census 2010 Reached Hard-to-Count Groups

    The Census Bureau did a better job in 2010 than it had in 2000 reaching out to “hard-to-count” groups, such as minorities and renters, who are more likely to be missed by census-takers than other Americans.

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    Mobile Politics 2010

    More than a quarter of American adults used their cell phones to learn about or participate in the 2010 midterm election campaign.

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    VI. Cell Phone Activities

    Cell phones are not just for talking any more. Users can engage in a wide variety of non-voice data applications using these mobile devices, and more than half of Latinos, blacks and whites reported doing so in 2010. Some 58% of Hispanics say that they use their cell phones to do at least one of […]