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Hispanics |
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A
Statistical Portrait |
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September
2006 |
Major Findings
Income and Wealth
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Per capita income of
Hispanics is one half that of non-Hispanic whites, and
household net worth is less than one tenth.
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Fifty percent of
Hispanic households use some form of welfare, the highest
rate of any major population group.
Crime
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Hispanics are 3.3
times more likely to be in prison than whites; they are 4.2
times more likely to be in prison for murder, and 5.8 times
more likely to be in prison for felony drug
crimes.
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Young Hispanics are
19 times more likely than young whites (and slightly more
likely than young blacks) to be in youth
gangs.
Education
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Hispanics drop out
of high school at three times the white rate and twice the
black rate.
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Even
third-generation Hispanics drop out of school at a higher
rate than blacks and are less likely to be college
graduates.
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From 1992 to 2003,
Hispanic illiteracy in English rose from 35 percent to 44
percent.
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The average Hispanic
12th-grader reads and does math at the level of the average
white 8th-grader.
Families and Health
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At 43 percent, the
Hispanic illegitimacy rate is twice the white rate, and
Hispanic women have abortions at 2.7 times the white
rate.
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Hispanics are three
times more likely than whites not to have medical insurance,
and die from AIDS and tuberculosis at three times the white
rate.
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In California, the
cost of free medical care for illegal aliens forced 60
hospitals to close between 1993 and 2003.
Attitudes
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