A Majority of Latinas Feel Pressure To Support Their Families or To Succeed at Work
Many juggle cultural expectations and gender roles from both Latin America and the U.S., like doing housework and succeeding at work.
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Many juggle cultural expectations and gender roles from both Latin America and the U.S., like doing housework and succeeding at work.
The U.S. population grew by 24.5 million from 2010 to 2022, and Hispanics accounted for 53% of this increase.
Most U.S. Latinos speak Spanish: 75% say they are able to carry on a conversation in Spanish pretty well or very well. But not all Latinos are Spanish speakers, and about half (54%) of non-Spanish-speaking Latinos have been shamed by other Latinos for not speaking Spanish.
The Census Bureau estimates there were roughly 63.7 million Hispanics in the U.S. as of 2022, a new high. They made up 19% of the nation’s population.
In 2022, there were 63.7 million Hispanics living in the United States. The U.S. Hispanic population has diverse origins in Latin America and Spain.
An error in how the Census Bureau processed data from a national survey provided a rare window into how Brazilians living in the U.S. view their identity.
In 2020, Afro-Latino Americans made up about 2% of the U.S. adult population and 12% of the adult Latino population.
Latinos with darker skin color report more discrimination experiences than Latinos with lighter skin color.
More than half of foreign-born Latinos describe themselves using the name of their origin country, versus 39% among U.S.-born adult children of immigrants.
One-quarter of United States lawmakers mentioned the term on Facebook or Twitter during the 116th Congress.
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