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Hispanic High School Graduates Pass Whites in Rate of College Enrollment
May 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A record seven-in-ten (69%) Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points higher than the rate (67%) among their white counterparts, continue reading »
PEW STUDY: 75% of US Residents Believe Immigration System Needs Fixing
May 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Three-quarters of U.S. residents believe that the immigration system needs major changes, including a path toward legalizing the status of the undocumented population, according to a national survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. Of the more than 1,500 people surveyed by Pew early this month, 35 percent said the immigration system should be "completely rebuilt." continue reading »
Pew Study: Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption
March 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar, and sometimes higher, rates than do other groups of Americans, according to a new analysis of three Pew Research Center surveys. continue reading »
PEW Report :A Nation of Immigrants A Portrait of the 40 Million, Including 11 Million Unauthorized
January 29, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The nation’s total immigrant population reached a record 40.4 million in 2011, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. continue reading »
PEW STUDY: An Awakened Giant: The Hispanic Electorate Is Likely to Double by 2030
November 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
The record number of Latinos who cast ballots for president this year are the leading edge of an ascendant ethnic voting bloc that is likely to double in size within a generation, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, Election Day exit polls and a new nationwide survey of Hispanics. continue reading »
PEW STUDY: Latinos Express Growing Confidence In Personal Finances, Nation’s Direction
November 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hispanics have grown more satisfied with the nation's direction and more confident in their finances since 2011, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. continue reading »
Pew Hispanic Center: Hispanics Now Largest Minority Group on Four-Year College Campuses
August 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Education
Hispanics now are the largest minority group on the nation's four-year college campuses, according to an analysis of newly available U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. For the first time, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in college exceeded 2 million and reached a record 16.5% share continue reading »
Pew Hispanic Center: Hispanics Now Largest Minority Group on Four-Year College Campuses
August 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Hispanics now are the largest minority group on the nation's four-year college campuses, according to an analysis of newly available U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. For the first time, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in college exceeded 2 million and reached a record 16.5% share continue reading »
Pew Hispanic Center: The 10 Largest Hispanic Origin Groups: Characteristics, Rankings, Top Counties
June 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Among the 50.7 million Hispanics in the United States, nearly two-thirds (65%), or 33 million, self-identify as being of Mexican origin, according to tabulations of the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. No other Hispanic subgroup rivals the size of the Mexican-origin population. Puerto Ricans, the nation's second largest Hispanic origin group, make up just 9% of the total Hispanic population in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. continue reading »
Pew Hispanic Center- A Conversation About Identity
May 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
The Pew Hispanic Center recently published "When Labels Don't Fit: Hispanics and their Views of Identity." The report was based on a nationwide survey that found most Hispanics don't embrace the term "Hispanic." And even fewer prefer the term "Latino." continue reading »
Pew Hispanic Center: Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero——and Perhaps Less
April 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill. After four decades that brought 12 million current immigrants----more than half of whom came illegally----the net migration flow from Mexico to the United States has stopped----and may have reversed, according to a new analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center of multiple government data sets from both countries. continue reading »
Hispanic College Enrollment Spikes(24%) Narrowing Gaps with Other Groups
August 26, 2011 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Driven by a single-year surge of 24% in Hispanic enrollment, the number of 18- to 24-year-olds attending college in the United States hit an all-time high of 12.2 million in October 2010, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of newly available Census Bureau data. From 2009 to 2010, the number of Hispanic young adults enrolled in college grew by 349,000, compared with an increase of 88,000 young blacks and 43,000 young Asian Americans and a decrease of 320,000 young non-Hispanic whites. continue reading »
Republicans Need to get on the Right Side of the Issue on Immigration
July 16, 2011 | by Somos Republicans | Latino Daily News
It’s no secret that Births have overtaken immigration as the driving force behind the growth of the Mexican-American population in the United States in the past decade, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center. continue reading »
The Mexican-American Boom: Births Overtake Immigration
July 15, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, released a report today that finds that in the last decade, births have far surpassed immigration as the main driver of the dynamic growth of the Mexican-American population. continue reading »
U.S. Hispanic Country-of-Origin Counts - 63% Mexican Origin
May 28, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The 2010 Decennial Census counted 50.5 million Hispanics. Among them, 31.8 million, or 63%, are of Mexican origin. They are followed by Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics, who number 4.6 million, or 9.2%, of all U.S. Hispanics. Next are Cubans at 1.8 million or 3.5%, Salvadorans at 1.6 million or 3.3%, Dominicans at 1.4 million or 2.8%, Guatemalans at one million or 2.1% and Colombians at 909,000 or 1.8%. continue reading »
Pew Hispanic Center-New Statistical Profiles of Latino & Foreign Born Populations in the U.S.
February 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, has released updated statistical profiles of the Latino and foreign-born populations in the U.S. Based on the Center's tabulations from the Census Bureau's 2009 continue reading »
The 2010 Congressional Reapportionment and Latinos
January 7, 2011 | by Kimberly Kipp | HS News Network
With these reapportionment changes, Latinos likely will play a larger role in national politics in the coming decade. Two states that gained seats, Florida and Nevada, have been key swing battlegrounds in recent presidential elections (having voted for the Republican nominee in 2004 and the Democrat in 2008). In both states, Latinos are a growing share of eligible voters. continue reading »
