Jens Manuel Krogstad

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.

91% of Democrats favor granting legal status to immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children; 54% of Republicans say the same.

About three-quarters of U.S. adults say undocumented immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want.

68% of U.S. adults say the federal government has a responsibility to provide medical care to undocumented immigrants who have COVID-19.

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.

Hispanics are more concerned than Americans overall about the threat COVID-19 poses to Americans' health, their own finances and daily life.

Most Latino registered voters (71%) say they want government to be more involved in solving the nation’s problems.

54% of Hispanics in the U.S. say establishing a way for most unauthorized immigrants to stay in the country legally is very important.

Over half of Latino registered voters who are Democrats or lean toward the party have a good or excellent impression of the party's candidates.

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.