Facts

LATINOS IN CALIFORNIA

HEALTH

19% of Latinos report not having health insurance compared to 7% for non-Latino whites.

Deaths and amputations related to diabetes are over twice as high for Latino men and women compared to non-Latino whites.

HOME OWNERSHIP

Latino home ownership rate in 2018 was 44.3% compared to 63.4% for whites and 54.9% for the total state.

INCOME

Latinos earn an average income of $60,537 compared to $98,769 for non-Latino whites.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Only 15% of Latino students met or exceeded proficiency goals in eighth-grade math, compared to 44% of white students and 29%
of students overall.

VOTER PARTICIPATION

Latinos were a driving force in flipping seven house seats from red to blue in 2018.

DEMOGRAPHICS

More than half of Latinos in the U.S. live
in California.

Latinos in politics

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Latinos Nationally

● Latinos make up 18% of the U.S. population at 60 million.

● Latino population growth comes from those born in the U.S.; not immigrants.

● 32 million Latinos will be eligible to vote in 2020 elections.

● U.S. Latinos achieved 1.7 trillion in buying power in 2018.

● Latino-owned businesses employed 2.5 million workers in 2018.

● Latina-owned businesses has grown 137% over the past nine years.