Data Show Latinos Hit Hardest by Recession

The Takeaway

The latest Census data reports that nearly 46.2 million Americans, about 1 in 15, are living in poverty. According to a new Pew poll, the face of American poverty has shifted dramatically.  For the first time in U.S. history, the percent of Hispanics living in poverty outpaces African Americans with 28.2 percent of Latinos under the poverty line compared to 25.4 percent of blacks. In fact, Latinos overall were hit the hardest by the Great Recession which technically ended in 2009. For analysis and insight into the growing problem of Hispanic poverty, The Takeaway speaks with NYU sociologist Pedro Noguera.

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