Six out of ten U.S. Latinos are millennials or younger, Pew study says
In 2014, 60 percent of U.S. Latinos were under the age of 33, according to a Pew Research study.
When the data is broken down, it shows that a quarter of the U.S. Latino population were millennials in the age range of 18-33 years olds, a third were minors under 18.
“For the nation’s Hispanic population, youth is a defining characteristic,” the study reads.
The U.S. Latino population’s percentage of millennials and minors was a bit larger than that of Blacks and Asians. The white share of under 33-year-olds was only 39 percent.
For the nation’s Latino population, youth is a defining characteristic. Among Latino eligible voters, 44 percent are millennial, the single largest group of Latino eligible voters. And among the nation’s millennials, Latinos are a greater share than they are among all American adults.
Within the Latino adult population, millennials stand out in different ways from older Latinos, according to the Pew study. Millennials are currently much less likely to be immigrants and are more likely to speak English. They are also more likely than older generations to be of Mexican origin, reflecting the youth of the Mexican-origin population in the U.S.
The median age of Latinos has increased since the 80s, but only by small amounts. The study shows that the growth in the U.S. Latino population in the first decade of the century was a result of new births.