HISPANICS IN USA

HISPANICS BECOME MORE PREVALENT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
U.S. Bureau of Census, March 4, 2009
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html
Hispanic students comprised 12 percent of full-time college students, both undergraduate and graduate students, in 2007, up from 10 percent in 2006, according to U.S. Census Bureau tables. Hispanics comprise 15 percent of the nation’s total population.

A RISING SHARE: HISPANICS AND FEDERAL CRIME
The Pew Hispanic Center, February 18, 2009
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=104
Sharp growth in illegal immigration and increased enforcement of immigration laws have altered the ethnic composition of offenders sentenced in federal courts. In 2007, Latinos accounted for 40% of all sentenced federal offenders-more than triple their share (13%) of the total U.S. adult population.

ENGLISH LITERACY OF FOREIGN-BORN ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES: 2003
National Center for Education Statistics, March 17, 2009
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009034.pdf
The brief draws on data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) to explore the English literacy of foreign-born adults living in households in the United States. It presents the English literacy scores of foreign-born adults age 16 and older by race/ethnicity, age of arrival in the United States, years spent in the United States, highest level of educational attainment, and language spoken before starting school. Scores are reported on three literacy scales: prose, document, and quantitative. Findings indicate that English literacy scores of foreign-born adults varied across a variety of background characteristics.

UNEMPLOYMENT ROSE SHARPLY AMONG LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN 2008
The Pew Hispanic Center, February 22, 2009
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=102
The unemployment rate for foreign-born Hispanics increased from 5.1% to 8.0%, or by 2.9 percentage points, from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008. During this same time period, the unemployment rate for all persons in the labor market increased from 4.6% to 6.6%, or by 2.0 percentage points.