Report: Public Engagement And America’s Growing Latino Population

In January 2003, the United States Census Bureau first reported that Latinos had become the largest minority group in the United States and, in May 2008, the Bureau reported that the nation’s Latino population had reached 15.1 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million. Latinos were then the largest minority group in 20 states, and they were also reported to be the fastest-growing minority group. The rapid growth of the Latino population in the United States is expected to continue, and a growing number of states, like California, Texas, and New Mexico, are now “majority-minority” states with residents of Latino heritage in the majority.

Given their numbers, it is especially troubling that research indicates a low level of civic engagement for Latinos across the nation.

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