Keywords: immigrant, Latinos, recession, Census Bureau, unemployment rate, labor force, foreign-born Latinos, native-born Latinos, Blacks
Immigrant Latinos are feeling a greater impact from the recession than other racial and ethnic groups in the first year of the recession, according to an analysis of the latest Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The unemployment rate has increased and the share of the working-age population that is employed has fallen more for immigrant Latinos. Trends such as change in labor-force participation or the growth in the number of the unemployed also reveal a more severe impact on foreign-born Latinos.
Native-born Latinos and Blacks have also felt the hit, but when it comes to other indicators such as labor-market activity and changes in the employment rate, the impact is still felt greatest by foreign-born Latinos.
Click here to read the full report at the Pew Hispanic Center's web site.
