title: Recent trends in Hispanic immigration to the United States.
abstract: Recent patterns of Hispanic immigration to the United States are examined using data from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.  "From 1960 to 1978 Hispanic immigration increased significantly, reflecting the general acceleration in total immigration to the United States.  Demographic trends reveal that Hispanic immigrants are increasingly working-age women.  Their occupation composition is primarily blue collar, with operatives emerging as the predominant job category during the 1970s."  The authors note that these immigrants settle primarily in a small number of urban centers of Hispanic population and culture in the United States, and thus the effects of immigration will be concentrated on the low-skill segment of particular urban labor markets that already contain large numbers of Hispanic workers.
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005843:Geography; D006280:Health Workforce; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D009656:North America; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011203:Poverty; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States; D006801:Humans
keywords: Age Distribution; Age Factors; Americas; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Geographic Factors; Hispanics; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Low Income Population; Migrants; Migration; North America; Northern America; Occupations; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; United States