Friday, June 27, 2014

Data Shows Immigrants No Longer Majority of Hispanics in U.S. 

Fewer Latinos are coming to the U.S. and more Latinos are being born here, so they will be in the workforce and voting before very long.    - - Donna Poisl

BY REILLY DOWD, The Fiscal Times

On Thursday, the Pew Research Center released an analysis of government data revealing a dramatic shift in the demographics of the American workforce.

For the first time in nearly twenty years, immigrants no longer make up the majority of Hispanic workers in the U.S., marking a dramatic shift in the demographics of the American workforce.

The data, as analyzed by the Pew Research Center, found that of the more than 22 million employed Latinos in 2013, 49.7 percent were immigrants, a significant decrease from the pre-recession high of 56.1 percent in 2007.
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