H I S PA N I C S

in America

Latinos continue to suffer from high poverty rates and long-term

unemployment, while many of those who have managed to find work have
only been able to find part-time jobs. Yet even as big government has
failed our community, Hispanics are trying to build a solution on their own
terms. Entrepreneurship, free markets, and economic freedom are the
future of this country.

THE HARDSHIPS
Hispanics make up

47.4%
of the total
immigrant population.

1 in 4
Hispanics face
long-term unemployment.

As of 2014, the rate of Hispanic

HOMEOWNERSHIP IS AT ITS LOWEST

level since 1999 (45.4%).

23.6% $
of Hispanics are
in poverty.

1.2 MILLION
Hispanics are forced into part-time employment.

THE VICTORIES

HIR E D
Hispanic-owned
As of 2012, there were firms generate

820,000 1.9 MILLION

Hispanic-owned businesses
in the United States. JOBS

By the year 2020, Hispanics are projected to account for

40% of the increase in

employment in the United States.

SOURCES:
White House Office of Management and Budget, United States Treasury, Heritage Foundation, Piketty, Saes, and Zucman,
U.S. Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, NAHREP,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Renew Our Economy, Pew Research, American Community Survey, MPI, DHS, NBC News,
WSJ Survey, Gallup, Latino Opinions, IHS