Hispanics were the big winners in the February 2012 jobs data

Hispanic employment has increased by a 1.124 million, or 5.5% since the recession started in December 2007, while non-Hispanic employment decreased by 5.4 million, or 4.3% over the same period. Hispanics are 16% of the labor force, but they received 27% of the jobs created in February 2012.