The Pew Hispanic Center released a report yesterday that shows the gap between Latino workers and White workers is widening. Latinos continue to be overrepresented in jobs paying lower wages and jobs with lower educational requirements such as jobs in the service and construction industries despite the fact that the study looked at a ten year time period which has been touted as having the “largest economic expansion in recent U.S. history”. The representation of Latinos in management and other professional areas actually declined from 1990 to 2000. Most interestingly, citizenship did not seem to be a huge factor with both Mexicans and Puerto Ricans (who are all citizens of the United States) lagging the furthest behind whites.

Via / Pew Hispanic Center