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Hispanic American Incomes Are Rising Faster Than Anybody Else’s

They seem to be on a path to success taken by other immigrants.

A class of Hispanic students recites the Pledge of Allegiance at Birdwell Elementary School on September 11, 2003, in Tyler, Texas. — A class of Hispanic students recites the Pledge of Allegiance at Birdwell Elementary School on September 11, 2003, in Tyler, Texas.
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October 6, 2020, 1:30 PM UTC

The U.S. has no shortage of bad news, but there are still a few bright spots to be found. One is the steady economic progress enjoyed by Hispanic Americans over the past two decades. Though much remains to be done, Hispanics are coming closer to enjoying an American dream long denied to them.

From 2014 through 2019, as the U.S. economy expanded and incomes rose, Hispanic Americans logged faster income growth than any of the country’s other main racial groups: