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Jens Manuel Krogstad

Senior Writer and Editor

Expertise:Global Migration and Demography, Hispanic Trends, Race and Ethnicity

Jens Manuel Krogstad is a senior writer and editor at Pew Research Center. He has authored or edited hundreds of studies on topics that include global migration, Latino public opinion, Hispanic demographic trends and U.S. border enforcement. Prior to joining Pew Research Center, Krogstad spent nine years as a reporter at newspapers such as The Des Moines Register and USA Today. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Krogstad is available to discuss the Center’s research findings in both English and Spanish.

Publications

short readsSep 15, 2016

Immigrant naturalization applications climb, but not as much as past years

The number of legal permanent residents applying for U.S. citizenship in the nine months starting last October is at its highest level in four years.
short readsSep 8, 2016

Key facts about how the U.S. Hispanic population is changing

The U.S. Hispanic population reached 57 million in 2015, but a drop-off in immigration from Latin America and a declining birth rate among Hispanic women has curbed overall growth of the population and slowed the dispersion of Hispanics through the U.S.
short readsSep 6, 2016

Fewer refugees entering Europe than in 2015, but asylum backlog still growing

The number of refugees who have entered Europe this summer has declined compared with last year, but the backlog of asylum applications continues to grow.
short readsAug 31, 2016

U.S. immigrant deportations declined in 2014, but remain near record high

The Obama administration deported 414,481 unauthorized immigrants in fiscal 2014, a drop from the prior year driven by a decline in deportations of immigrants with a criminal conviction.
short readsAug 4, 2016

Venezuelan asylum applications to U.S. soar in 2016

As political and economic unrest roils Venezuela, U.S. asylum applications filed by Venezuelans so far in fiscal 2016 have jumped 168% compared with the same time period a year earlier.
short readsJul 28, 2016

5 facts about Latinos and education

Educational attainment among U.S. Latinos has been changing rapidly in recent years, reflecting the group’s growth in the nation’s public K-12 schools and colleges.
short readsJul 15, 2016

The economy is a top issue for Latinos, and they’re more upbeat about it

While Hispanics are on the same page with the overall population about the importance of the economy, they are more positive about its condition and their family’s finances than some other racial and ethnic groups.
short readsJun 29, 2016

Roughly half of Hispanics have experienced discrimination

52% of U.S. Hispanics say they have experienced discrimination or have been treated unfairly because of their race or ethnicity.
short readsJun 21, 2016

5 facts about migration and the United Kingdom

The UK has the fifth-largest immigrant population in the world, at 8.5 million.
short readsJun 15, 2016

Immigrant share of population jumps in some European countries

The recent historic migration surge into Europe has led to a large jump in the immigrant share of populations in many European nations, with the notable exceptions of the UK and France, which saw more modest increases.