Jens Manuel Krogstad

Senior Writer/Editor

Global Migration and Demography Hispanic trends

Jens Manuel Krogstad is a senior writer and editor at Pew Research Center. He studies the political engagement of Latinos in the U.S., Latino public opinion, trends in Hispanic demographics and global migration. He is an author of reports about Latinos and the 2016 elections, Latino views of the economy and language use among U.S. Hispanics. He is also a regular contributor to the Center’s Fact Tank blog, authoring posts on U.S. border apprehensions and deportations, refugees in the U.S. and Europe, and Cuban and Puerto Rican migration. Prior to joining Pew Research Center, Krogstad spent nine years as a newspaper reporter, most recently at The Des Moines Register and USA Today. He earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Spanish from the University of Minnesota. Krogstad regularly talks with the media about the Center’s findings in both English and Spanish.

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Pew Research CenterNovember 15, 2019

In this Q&A and video, learn about the methods and data sources the Center used to estimate the number of unauthorized immigrants in Europe.

Pew Research CenterNovember 13, 2019

The size of Europe’s unauthorized immigrant population in 2017 was less than half the number in the United States.

Miami, Junta Hispania Hispanic Festival, beauty pageant contestants

Pew Research CenterNovember 11, 2019

Who is considered Hispanic in the U.S.? The most common approach to answering these questions is straightforward: Anyone who says they are. And nobody who says they aren’t.

Pew Research CenterOctober 14, 2019

The U.S. Hispanic population reached 59.9 million in 2018, up from 47.8 in 2008. A record 32 million Latinos are projected to be eligible to vote in 2020.

Pew Research CenterOctober 7, 2019

A decline in U.S. refugee admissions comes at a time when the number of refugees worldwide has reached the highest levels since World War II.

U.S. counties where white share of population is below 50% are mostly in Southwest

August 21, 2019

Overall, 293 U.S. counties were majority nonwhite in 2018. Most of these are concentrated in California, the South and on the East Coast.

Global Migration and DemographyJuly 31, 2019

In 18 states and the District of Columbia, Latino children accounted for at least 20% of public school kindergarten students in 2017.

Puerto Rico's population growth rate reached a new low in 2018

Pew Research CenterJuly 26, 2019

The population of Puerto Rico stood at 3.2 million in 2018, its lowest point since 1979 and down sharply from 2017.

U.S. Hispanic population reached nearly 60 million in 2018

Pew Research CenterJuly 8, 2019

The U.S. Hispanic population reached a record 59.9 million in 2018, up from 2017. Population growth among Latinos has slowed since the 2000s.

Unauthorized immigrant total declines from Mexico, but rises from other nations

Global Migration and DemographyJune 28, 2019

While Mexico is the United States' largest source of immigrants, the number of Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. illegally has declined since 2007.

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