FOR RELEASE JANUARY 21, 2010
The Pew Hispanic Center today updated its statistical profiles of the nation's 38 million foreign-born residents, and nearly 47 million Hispanics.
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The Pew Hispanic Center today updated its statistical profiles of the nation's 38 million foreign-born residents, and nearly 47 million Hispanics.
The Pew Hispanic Center today updated its statistical profiles of the nation’s 38 million foreign-born residents, and nearly 47 million Hispanics. These profiles use 2008 data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the most recent available.
Each profile includes three dozen tables with a wide range of variables, including marital status, English-speaking ability, income and educational attainment.