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Ahead of the nation’s birthday, Pew Research Center identified some prominent trends across key areas of American life: demographics, work, family and economics.

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

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2006, Hispanics in the United States Statistical Portrait

This statistical profile of the Latino population is based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2006 American Community Survey.
reportJan 23, 2008

2006, Foreign-Born Population in the United States Statistical Portrait

This statistical profile of the foreign-born population is based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2006 American Community Survey.
fact sheetJan 23, 2008

Arizona: Population and Labor Force Characteristics, 2000-2006

Arizona is the first state in the nation to enact a law that penalizes businesses for knowingly hiring unauthorized immigrants.
reportDec 13, 2007

2007 National Survey of Latinos: As Illegal Immigration Issue Heats Up, Hispanics Feel a Chill

Hispanics in the United States are feeling a range of negative effects from the increased public attention and stepped-up enforcement measures that have accompanied the growing national debate over illegal immigration.
reportNov 29, 2007

English Usage Among Hispanics in the United States

Nearly all Hispanic adults born in the United States of immigrant parents report they are fluent in English. By contrast, only a small minority of their parents describe themselves as skilled English speakers.
reportNov 19, 2007

Tracking the Traders

In recent months, the U.S. stock market has seen record highs coupled with dramatic sell-offs, its volatility fueled by the sub-prime mortgage and credit crisis, the weak dollar, and oil prices heading toward $100 per barrel. At the same time, the public has grown increasingly worried about the state of the U.S. economy. Yet these […]
reportNov 19, 2007

Tracking the Traders

A look at the attitudes of the regular buyers and sellers who make the stock market go up and down finds they are, among other things, even more likely to support the frontrunners in both the Democratic and Republican primaries.
reportNov 13, 2007

Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class

African Americans see a widening gulf between the values of middle class and poor blacks, and nearly four-in-ten say that because of the diversity within their community, blacks can no longer be thought of as a single race.
reportNov 5, 2007

Global Views on Life Satisfaction, National Conditions, and The Global Economy

Highlights from the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes 47-Nation Survey
reportOct 25, 2007

Between Here and There: How Attached Are Latino Immigrants to Their Native Country?

Most Latino immigrants maintain some kind of connection to their native country by sending remittances, traveling back or telephoning relatives, but the extent to which they engage in these transnational activities varies considerably.

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2006, Hispanics in the United States Statistical Portrait

2006, Foreign-Born Population in the United States Statistical Portrait

Arizona: Population and Labor Force Characteristics, 2000-2006

2007 National Survey of Latinos: As Illegal Immigration Issue Heats Up, Hispanics Feel a Chill

English Usage Among Hispanics in the United States

Tracking the Traders

Tracking the Traders

Global Views on Life Satisfaction, National Conditions, and The Global Economy

Between Here and There: How Attached Are Latino Immigrants to Their Native Country?

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