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Title: America's Tomorrow: A Profile of Latino Youth

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: The Latino† population is one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in the United States. While the share of all Latinos ages 15–24 has remained fairly constant over the past decade, the Latino population under the age of 14 grew by 3.2 million people between 2000 and 2008 and now constitutes 22.4% of all children age 14 and younger, compared to 17.4% in 2000.¹ As the data below reflect, Latino youth experience high levels of poverty, high dropout rates, low graduation rates, and high unemployment rates. Given demographic projections which estimate that Latinos will compose about 30% of the U.S. population by 2050, these challenges are significant and pressing for the nation as a whole.

Url: http://www.asph.sc.edu/cli/documents/file_America_s_Tomorrow_A_Profile_of_Latino_Youth.pdf

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Authors: Moeller, Marguerite

Publisher: NCLR

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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