In addition to being the largest minority group in the U.S., Hispanics are the youngest as well. The median age for Hispanics in the U.S. is 27, and Hispanic children are one of the fastest-growing demographics in the country.
A recent study from the Pew Hispanic Center shows that today’s Hispanic youth maintain strong links to their family’s roots and language, yet also place a high priority on success in America.
The Pew Center looked at Hispanic youth ages 16-25 and found a significant change had occurred over the last decade. In 1995, half of Latino youth were immigrants. Now, second-generation Americans, U.S.-born children of immigrant parents, are the largest percentage of Latino youth. They now make up 37 percent, while foreign-born immigrants make up 34 percent. Third-generation and higher youth, the children of American parents, make up the smaller group, 29 percent.