Publications

Which do you prefer? It’s a question Hispanics and non-Hispanics alike have struggled with...except in Texas.

Three-quarters of Latinos living in the U.S. say that their community needs a national leader, but about the same share either cannot name one or don’t believe one exists, according to a new national survey of 5,103 Latino adults conducted by the Pew Research Center from May 24 to July 28, 2013. When asked in […]

Report Hispanics’ views of the impact of unauthorized immigration on the U.S. Hispanic community have grown more positive since 2010, according to a new nationwide survey of 5,103 Hispanic adults by the Pew Research Center. Today, 45% of Hispanic adults say the impact of unauthorized immigration on Hispanics already living in the U.S. is positive, […]

Field Dates: 11/9/11 – 12/7/11 Respondents: Nationally-representative sample of 1,220 Latino respondents ages 18 and older Margin of Error: +/-3.6 percentage points at the 95% confidence level This survey focused on politics and the upcoming 2012 presidential election, identity, attitudes regarding immigration and enforcement, and values.

A talk with Pew Research Center senior demographer Jeffrey S. Passel on the challenges of counting the nation's unauthorized immigrants.

1. Overview The sharp decline in the U.S. population of unauthorized immigrants that accompanied the 2007-2009 recession has bottomed out, and the number may be rising again. As of March 2012, 11.7 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States, according to a new preliminary Pew Research Center estimate based on U.S. government data. […]

Facts and figures to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.