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The driver of Latino population growth has shifted from immigration to U.S. native-born births.
In fact, the number of Latino immigrants in the U.S. reached a record 18.8 million in 2010, but has since stalled, while U.S. births alone accounted for 60% of Hispanic population growth, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
The share of foreign-born Hispanic was 35.5% in 2012, down from 40% earlier in the 2000s.
The reason for the decline? The Pew report says:
The slowdown in growth of the Hispanic foreign-born population coincides with a decline in Mexican migration to the U.S. Today, about as many people from Mexico are leaving the U.S. as entering, after four decades of explosive growth (Passel, Cohn and Gonzalez-Barrera, 2012). Many factors have played a role in this trend, including the U.S. economic downturn, stepped-up border enforcement, growing dangers associated with illegal border crossings and demographic and economic changes in Mexico.
The Pew report also compares foreign- and native-born Latinos through statistics on marriage, geography, English and Spanish language, home ownership, and health insurance. For example, in health insurance, about half of foreign-born Hispanics (49%) lacked coverage, compared with 18% of native-born Hispanics.
Find the full report here.
By The Numbers
25.1
percent
of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage
