---
"title": "Hispanic Employment Gains"
"description": "That's the increase in overall employment for Hispanics between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006."
"date": "2007-02-23"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2007/02/23/hispanic-employment-gains/"
---

# Hispanic Employment Gains

The overall employment increase for Hispanics between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006 was 993,00 with the vast majority of these jobs, 81%, going to foreign-born Latinos. This reflects a demographic trend driven by immigration — thre foreign-born Hispanic workforce is greater than the native-born Hispanic workforce. [Read More](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/reports/70.pdf)