NCLR: Beyond the Census: Hispanics & An American Agenda.

This latest NCLR report, released at the 2001 NCLR Annual Conference, presents an overview of the most recent Census data on Hispanics in the U.S. One in eight Americans is Hispanic and half of all Hispanics are under 26 years old. As a result, Latinos are a major factor behind the demographic and economic growth the U.S. experienced in the 1990s and this analysis addresses what it means for the U.S. that the share of Americans who trace their origins to the Hispanic population is growing.

The report presents key social, demographic, and economic data and discusses their implications with a focus on an “American Agenda.” As the report outlines, Latinos want what all Americans want: strong neighborhoods and safe communities, good schools and educational excellence, opportunities to work and save, and quality health care. The emerging data highlighted in the report help to put the nation’s changing demographics into a broader context to understand and shape better outcomes for the Latino community, and help guarantee a sound future in which all Americans prosper. Includes 18 charts and tables.

To download a copy of the reports click below (Adobe Acrobat reader required):

Part I: Beyond the Census: Hispanics and An American Agenda

http://www.nclr.org/policy/census/census_report01_part_I.pdf

Part II: Beyond the Census: Hispanics and An American Agenda

http://www.nclr.org/policy/census/census_report01_part_II.pdf