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Where Latinos Live Now
A new analysis by the Pew Research Center takes a deep dive into the changing geography of this much-discussed segment of the U.S. population.
America’s Hispanic population has grown dramatically: In 1990, Latinos comprised 8.8 percent of the U.S. population; by 2010, that figure had swelled to 16.4 percent. As they fanned out across the country, these newcomers have changed the economic and political landscape. But a comprehensive new analysis of the Census data by the Pew Research Center finds that a slowdown in immigration from Latin America—particularly from Mexico—plus a drop in Hispanic birth rates after the Great Recession has tempered the settlement trends of past decades. (Both the Census and Pew use the terms Latino and Hispanic interchangeably.)
Below are some major highlights from the report: