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Study: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana
April 5, 2013 | by The Celebrity Cafe | Latino Daily News
A new poll has found that the majority of Americans now support the legalization of marijuana. The poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center, shows that 52 percent of those polled support the legalization of marijuana, while 45 percent are still opposed. When the poll was last taken in 2010, only 45 percent supported legalization. continue reading »
As Immigration Reform Looms, What Comes Next?
March 31, 2013 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
If there was ever a doubt about what the majority of Americans are thinking regarding immigrants and immigration, a just-published Pew Research Center for People & the Press study has put an emphatic period at the end of it. continue reading »
Hispanics Are Not the Fastest-Growin Racial Group in the U.S. - So Who Are?
June 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
With constant talk of immigration, the Latino vote, and the U.S.-Mexico border in the news almost constantly, when asked what the fast growing racial group in the U.S. is, one might assume it's Latinos/Hispanics. However, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center Asians actually nab that title . continue reading »
Pew Profile on Dominicans in the U.S.
May 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An estimated 1.5 million Hispanics of Dominican origin resided in the United States in 2010, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Dominicans in this statistical profile are people who self-identified as Hispanics of Dominican origin; this means either they themselves are Dominican immigrants or they trace their family ancestry to the Dominican Republic. continue reading »
POLL: Latinos Prefer an Expanded Role for Government
April 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The recently released Pew Hispanic Center poll had many nuggets of information from Latinos identifying themselves with their country of origin to English vs. Spanish to their preference of an expanded role for government. continue reading »
STUDY: Latinos and Asians Have Highest Levels of Interracial Marriages
February 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Interracial and inter-ethnic marriages continue to increase in the United States and the greatest growth has occurred among Hispanics and Asians, according to a report by the Pew Research Center. continue reading »
PEW: Latinos Believe Economic Downturn Harder on Them than Other Groups
January 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pew Research Center has just concluded a national telephone survey of Latinos on the impact of the economic downturn. continue reading »
PEW: Issue of Immigration Drops in Importance to Voters
January 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Unlike five years ago, the issue of illegal immigration has dropped in importance as a national political issue according to a new Pew Research Center survey. continue reading »
Latinos Like the Rest of America Not that In Love with Marriage
December 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Barely half of all adults in the United States—a record low—are currently married, and the median age at first marriage has never been higher for brides (26.5 years) and grooms (28.7), according to a new Pew Research Center continue reading »
Second-, Third-Generation U.S. Hispanics Leaving the Catholic Church
October 21, 2011 | by NPR | Latino Daily News
According to polls from the Pew Research Center, less than 60 percent of second-generation Latinos are Catholic. However, they are not necessarily turning away from religion all together. continue reading »
Hispanic Household Wealth Fell by 66% from 2005 to 2009- Pew Hispanic Center
July 27, 2011 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Median household wealth among Hispanics fell from $18,359 in 2005 to $6,325 in 2009. The percentage drop---- 66%---- was the largest for any racial or ethnic group, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project. During the same period median household wealth declined 53% among black households and 16% among white households. continue reading »
As Wealth Gap Widens – Hispanics Wealth Declined by 66% from 2005-2009
July 26, 2011 | by Pew Research Center | Latino Daily News
These lopsided wealth ratios are the largest since the government began publishing such data a quarter century ago and roughly twice the size of the ratios that had prevailed between these three groups for the two decades prior to the Great Recession that ended in 2009. continue reading »
Updated Interactive Maps, Data and Profiles on the Latino Population in U.S. Counties, States
June 11, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, has updated its interactive maps and database on the Latino population in the nation's more than 3,100 counties continue reading »
