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12 Facts About Hispanic Americans

A snapshot of Hispanics as voters, workers, business owners, students, and believers

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9%

of Americans
say they have Irish ancestry
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45M

Americans
have federal student loan debt, as of June 2020
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59%
of American women
say that religion is very important in their lives
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19%
of Americans
live in multigenerational households
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58

women
have ever served in the U.S. Senate, as of 2021
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111%
the increase
in average annual health insurance deductibles from 2010 to 2020
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54%

of Americans who voted in the November 2020 elections
cast ballots in person
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44%

of Millennials
in the U.S. are married, as of 2019
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27%

of Asian Americans
live in multigenerational households
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63%

of U.S. teens
identify as Christian — compared to 72% of their parents
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1.1M

working mothers in the U.S.
are registered nurses, as of 2018
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36

The median age of people
who met their spouse or long-term partner online
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47%
of U.S. adults
say being outdoors and experiencing nature provides a "great deal" of meaning and fulfillment in their lives
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20%

of American adults
have listened to an audiobook in the past 12 months
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27%
of STEM workers
are women, as of 2019 — up from 8% in 1970
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