Hispanic Americans’ Trust in and Engagement With Science
Increasing representation in science is seen as important for attracting more Hispanic people to science.
Increasing representation in science is seen as important for attracting more Hispanic people to science.
The national total in the 2020 census was largely accurate, but the Census Bureau has estimated miscounts for some states and demographic groups.
In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.
In 2020, Afro-Latino Americans made up about 2% of the U.S. adult population and 12% of the adult Latino population.
About a quarter of Latino adults say they have personally experienced discrimination or unfair treatment from other Latinos.
Nearly four-in-ten Latinos (39%) say they worry that they, a family member or someone close to them could be deported.
The U.S. Hispanic population reached 62.1 million in 2020, an increase of 23% over the previous decade.
By 2020, the Hispanic population had reached 62.1 million out of a total U.S. population of 331.4 million.
Most Latino immigrants say they would come to the U.S. again.
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.