I’m thrilled to share that the development team of LPPI’s Latino Data Hub (LDH) has deployed significant new updates to the platform designed to empower advocates, researchers, policymakers, and media with sharper tools to understand and uplift Latino communities. The new changes incorporate the latest 2023 five-year American Community Survey (ACS) data, new administrative insights, and respond to your feedback with powerful enhancements, including:

• New Disability Issue Area: Includes an overall disability measure and provides disaggregated data on hearing, vision, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care, and independent living difficulties.
• Expanded Education Indicators: New metrics for K–12 English Learners (number and percentage) and high school graduation rates added.
• Enhanced Child Wellbeing Section: New administrative data showing the number of unaccompanied immigrant children released to sponsors by state in fiscal year 2024.
• New Indicator on Automation Risk: The LDH now features a first-of-its-kind measure identifying Latino workers employed in occupations most at risk of automation to help communities, policymakers, and advocates anticipate and respond to one of the most rapidly changing structural shifts in the labor market.
• Transportation Updates: New metrics on household vehicle availability and added data on different modes of transportation to work, impacting economic mobility.
• Redesigned Filter Function and Inclusion of Additional Filters:The LDH team redesigned the filter function to be more intuitive to users and added five new filters, including sex, disability status, entrepreneurs, high automation risk jobs, and hourly wage.
• More Breakdown Options: Users can further disaggregate data by homeownership and disability status.

These upgrades mark just the beginning of a summer of new releases from the Latino Data Hub. In late July, we’ll unveil new resources and guides to help users make the most of the platform’s expanded features. Later this summer, we will launch congressional district–level data, providing an even more detailed lens into Latino communities nationwide.

Together, we’re making the Latino Data Hub a catalyst for change.

PS:  Join us on August 12 for a webinar showcasing these updates and demonstrating how the Hub can support research, advocacy, and community-driven action. This session will introduce new features designed for researchers, policy advocates, journalists, and legislative staff who need accessible, timely, and localized data to inform their work. Highlights include redesigned filters, customizable charts, and—for the first time—congressional district-level data. Register now!