Hispanic Americans’ Trust in and Engagement With Science
Increasing representation in science is seen as important for attracting more Hispanic people to science.
Key facts about the quality of the 2020 census
The national total in the 2020 census was largely accurate, but the Census Bureau has estimated miscounts for some states and demographic groups.
Black and Hispanic Americans, those with less education are more likely to fall out of the middle class each year
In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.
About 6 million U.S. adults identify as Afro-Latino
In 2020, Afro-Latino Americans made up about 2% of the U.S. adult population and 12% of the adult Latino population.
Latinos experience discrimination from other Latinos about as much as from non-Latinos
About a quarter of Latino adults say they have personally experienced discrimination or unfair treatment from other Latinos.
Around four-in-ten Latinos in U.S. worry that they or someone close to them could be deported
Nearly four-in-ten Latinos (39%) say they worry that they, a family member or someone close to them could be deported.
U.S. Hispanic population continued its geographic spread in the 2010s
The U.S. Hispanic population reached 62.1 million in 2020, an increase of 23% over the previous decade.
Hispanic Population Growth and Dispersion Across U.S. Counties, 1980-2020
By 2020, the Hispanic population had reached 62.1 million out of a total U.S. population of 331.4 million.
Latinos See U.S. as Better Than Place of Family’s Ancestry for Opportunity, Raising Kids, Health Care Access
Most Latino immigrants say they would come to the U.S. again.
U.S. public school students often go to schools where at least half of their peers are the same race or ethnicity
In 2018-19, 79% of White elementary and secondary public school students went to schools where at least half of their peers were also White.
