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National Latina Wage Gap Has Narrowed Just Seven Cents Since 1990

Despite substantial gains in educational attainment and a growing presence in the U.S. workforce, Latinas continue to face one of the largest wage gaps among women in the United States and California, according to two new UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) data briefs examining national and California wage trends from 1900 to 2025.

Washington State’s Latino Eligible-Voter Population Grew 224% Since 2000

The findings also show that Latino eligible voters have the highest labor-force participation rate among the state’s major racial and ethnic groups, at 74%, and play an important role across many sectors of Washington’s economy, from education and health services to construction, agriculture, retail, and hospitality.

New Federal and State Policies Could Lead Up to 1M Latino Medi-Cal Enrollees to Disenroll in California

The researchers examined how changes under H.R. 1, the Department of Homeland Security’s new public charge rule, and California’s restrictions on Medi-Cal enrollment could affect enrollment in public programs for Latino families across the state. Together, these policies create three overlapping pathways to benefit loss: direct exclusion under new rules, procedural loss due to reporting or renewal requirements, or withdrawal from programs due to fear of potential immigration consequences.

Latino Republican Growth in South Texas Does Not Necessarily Reflect Weaker Ties to Latino Identity

The research analyzes data from the American National Election Study from 2012 to 2024, with 85 in-depth interviews conducted between 2020 and 2025 in the southern Texas counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy, and Zapata.

Texas’ Latino Electorate Has More Than Doubled Since 2000

Texas’ Latino eligible voter population has more than doubled over the past two decades, growing from 3 million in 2000 to 6.3 million in 2024. During that period, the Latino share of the state’s electorate increased by more than 9 percentage points, from 22.3% to 31.7%.

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