Since the recession hit in December 2007, non-Hispanics have lost jobs at more than three-times the rate of Hispanics (-5.3% versus -1.7%)

Since the start of the so-called recovery in June 2009, Hispanics have gained 416,000 jobs while non-Hispanics have lost 675,000 positions. Since January 2001, the number of non-Hispanics holding jobs has declined by 2.6 million, or by -2.1%. But over that same period Hispanic employment rose by 4.0 million, or a whopping 25.1%. Some 40% of Hispanics are foreign born.