{"id":63296,"date":"2012-06-27T14:25:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T19:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/06\/27\/v-economics-and-health-insurance\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:11:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:11:53","slug":"v-economics-and-health-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2012\/06\/27\/v-economics-and-health-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"V. Economics and Health Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;income&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"income\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Income<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14676\" title=\"2012-phc-summary-09\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/2012-phc-summary-09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"372\"><\/figure>\n<p>In 2010, the median household income for Hispanics in the U.S. was $40,000, less than the U.S. median of $49,800.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>Ecuadorians have the highest median household income among these groups, at $50,000. The median household incomes for Colombians ($49,500) and Peruvians ($48,000) are slightly less than that.<\/li>\n<li>Dominicans ($34,000), Puerto Ricans ($36,000) and Hondurans ($38,900) rank in the bottom three on the measure of median household income.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;poverty&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"poverty\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poverty<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignrightwp-image-14677\" title=\"2012-phc-summary-10\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/2012-phc-summary-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"447\"><\/figure>\n<p>The poverty rate among Hispanics was 25% in 2010. That compares with a 15% rate for the entire U.S. A recent Pew Hispanic Center report showed that more Latino children are living in poverty than any other major racial or ethnic group (<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/2011\/09\/28\/childhood-poverty-among-hispanics-sets-record-leads-nation\/\">Lopez and Velasco, 2011<\/a>).<\/p><\/li>\n<li>The poverty rate is highest among Hondurans, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans (27%). They are closely followed by two groups at 26%\u2014 Dominicans and Guatemalans.<\/li>\n<li>Only Colombians and Peruvians have poverty rates below the total U.S. rate (15%). At 13%, the poverty rate is lowest among Columbians. They are followed closely by Peruvians (14%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;health-insurance&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"health-insurance\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health Insurance<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<figure><img data-dominant-color=\"d6dedb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d6dedb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14678 not-transparent\" title=\"2012-phc-summary-11\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/2012-phc-summary-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"361\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some 31% of Hispanics do not have health insurance, about twice the share of the overall U.S. population (16%).<\/p><\/li>\n<li>Half of Hondurans are uninsured. The next most likely to lack insurance are Guatemalans (48%) and Salvadorans (41%).<\/li>\n<li>Puerto Ricans (15%), Dominicans (22%) and Cubans (25%) are the groups least likely to lack health insurance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;homeownership&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"homeownership\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Homeownership<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<figure><img data-dominant-color=\"40403f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #40403f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14679 not-transparent\" title=\"2012-phc-summary-12\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/06\/2012-phc-summary-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"378\"><\/figure>\n<p>Fewer than half (47%) of Hispanic household heads own their homes, lower than the overall U.S. rate of 65%.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>Nearly six-in-ten (57%) Cubans own their homes\u2014the highest homeownership rate among the 10 largest Hispanic origin groups. Mexicans have the second highest homeownership rate at 50%. They are followed by Colombians and Peruvians\u2014both with homeownership rates of 49%.<\/li>\n<li>The three groups least likely to be homeowners are Dominicans (24%), Hondurans (29%) and Guatemalans (30%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Income In 2010, the median household income for Hispanics in the U.S. was $40,000, less than the U.S. median of $49,800. Ecuadorians have the highest median household income among these groups, at $50,000. The median household incomes for Colombians ($49,500) and Peruvians ($48,000) are slightly less than that. Dominicans ($34,000), Puerto Ricans ($36,000) and Hondurans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_crdt_document":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[],"multiSectionReport":[],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[]},"categories":[],"tags":[],"bylines":[759,754],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[458],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[],"research-teams":[523],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-63296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","bylines-eileen-patten","bylines-seth-motel","formats-report","research-teams-race-and-ethnicity"],"label":false,"post_parent":63242,"word_count":272,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2012\/06\/27\/v-economics-and-health-insurance\/","art_direction":false,"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[{"id":63242,"title":"The 10 Largest Hispanic Origin Groups: Characteristics, Rankings, Top Counties","slug":"the-10-largest-hispanic-origin-groups-characteristics-rankings-top-counties","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2012\/06\/27\/the-10-largest-hispanic-origin-groups-characteristics-rankings-top-counties\/","is_active":false},{"id":63255,"title":"II. 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