{"id":6322,"date":"2016-01-19T13:26:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:04:10","slug":"latinos-in-the-2016-election-new-york","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in the 2016 Election: New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters in New York.[2. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2014 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau&#8217;s 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/acs\/www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Community Survey<\/a> (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2014 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (<a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPUMS<\/a>), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/design.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACS sampling strategy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/resources\/codebooks\/AccuracyACS_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">associated error<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;hispanics-in-new-yorks-eligible-voter-population&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"hispanics-in-new-yorks-eligible-voter-population\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hispanics in New York\u2019s Eligible Voter Population<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-new-york\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_newyork-01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23656\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebe6e7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebe6e7;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" class=\"wp-image-23656 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_NewYork-01.png\" alt=\"Population and Electorate in the United States and New York, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Hispanic population in New York is the fourth largest in the nation. About 3.7 million Hispanics reside in New York, 6.6% of all Hispanics in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>New York\u2019s population is 19% Hispanic, the ninth largest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.<\/li>\n<li>There are 1.9 million Hispanic eligible voters in New York\u2014the fourth largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.9 million.<\/li>\n<li>Some 14% of New York eligible voters are Hispanic, the eighth largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.<\/li>\n<li>Fully 51% of Hispanics in New York are eligible to vote, ranking New York 14th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 79% of the state\u2019s white population is eligible to vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-eligible-voters&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"characteristics-of-eligible-voters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Eligible Voters<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Age.<\/strong> Some three-in-ten Hispanic eligible voters in New York are ages 18 to 29, somewhat lower than the share of all Latino eligible voters nationwide (33%) in that age range. Only 22% of all New York eligible voters and of all U.S. eligible voters are ages 18 to 29.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship and Nativity.<\/strong> Among Hispanic eligible voters in New York, 30% are naturalized U.S. citizens. This is higher than the 25% of Hispanic eligible voters in the U.S. Just 17% of all eligible voters in New York and 9% of eligible voters in the U.S. overall are naturalized U.S. citizens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hispanic Origin.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters in New York have a different Hispanic origin profile from Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Fully 42% of Hispanic eligible voters in New York are of Puerto Rican origin, 21% are of Dominican origin and just 7% are Mexican. By contrast, the majority of Hispanic eligible voters in the U.S. are Mexican (59%), while 14% are Puerto Rican and 3% are of Dominican origin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment.<\/strong> Roughly a quarter of Latino eligible voters in New York have not completed high school (24%), more than twice the 11% of all New York eligible voters who have not completed high school and somewhat higher than the 22% of Hispanics nationwide who have not completed high school.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homeownership.<\/strong> About one-third of Hispanic eligible voters in New York (32%) live in owner-occupied homes, lower than the 55% of all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Greater shares of all eligible voters in New York (59%) and eligible voters nationwide (67%) live in owner-occupied homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-new-york\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_newyork-02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23657\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e8ea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e8ea;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" class=\"wp-image-23657 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_NewYork-02.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in New York and the United States, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-eligible-voters-in-new-york-by-race-and-ethnicity&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"characteristics-of-eligible-voters-in-new-york-by-race-and-ethnicity\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Eligible Voters in New York, by Race and Ethnicity<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Number of Eligible Voters.<\/strong> White eligible voters outnumber Hispanic eligible voters in New York by about 5 to 1. In New York, Hispanics outnumber Asians by about 1 million among eligible voters. There are 49,000 fewer Hispanic eligible voters than black eligible voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age.<\/strong> Latino eligible voters are younger than white, black and Asian eligible voters in New York. Some 30% of Latinos are ages 18 to 29, compared with 19% of white eligible voters, 25% of black eligible voters and 23% of Asian eligible voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters have lower levels of education than do white, black and Asian eligible voters in New York. Some 24% of Hispanic eligible voters have not obtained a high school diploma, compared with 7% of white eligible voters, 16% of black eligible voters and 16% of Asian eligible voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homeownership.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters (32%) are less likely to live in owner-occupied homes in New York than are whites (70%), blacks (38%) and Asians (59%) who are eligible to vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-new-york\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_newyork-03\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23658\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f5f4f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f5f4f2;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-23658 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_NewYork-03.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in New York, by Race and Ethnicity, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. 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